This is not a right or wrong question, and no one will actually be harmed, of course. Indeed, you may think no one should suffer the death penalty, but the Roman execution imagery places the question in an ancient Roman context.
If you are unfamiliar with these famous Romans, read about them by clicking on their pictures.
| Augustus Prima Porta Augustus at Colosseum CC Flickr User euthman |
Caligula Caligula NYPL Digital Gallery |
| Julius Caesar Julius Caesar. Marble, mid-first century A.D., discovery on the island of Pantelleria. CC Flickr User euthman |
Marius Public Domain. Courtesy of Wikipedia |
Nero NYPL Digital Gallery |
Sulla Sulla. Glyptothek, Munich, Germany Bibi Saint-Pol |
Tiberius Tiberius - St Petersburg - Hermitage. First quarter of the 1st century AD. Marble CC Flickr User thisisbossi |
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