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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Interesting. This is a version of the punishment in Roman law for parricide. Two of the kings of Sicily (Roger II, Henry V) are said to have employed it on captured rebels. Best, John Dillon On Tuesday, March 15, 2005, at 7:45 pm, Chris Laning wrote: > At 5:54 PM -0800 3/15/05, Phyllis Jestice wrote: > >Today (16. March) is the feast day of: > > > >Julian of Anazarbus (d. c. 302) Julian was a Cilician, arrested > >during Diocletian's persecution. He must have done something to make > >the authorities especially angry, since he was exhibited all over > >Cilicia for a year, before being sewn into a sack with scorpions and > >vipers and thrown into the sea. His body ended up in Antioch, so > >he's sometimes called J of Antioch instead of his native city of > >Anazarbus. > > Seems a bit unfair to drown the scorpions and vipers, too. And > probably before they had a good chance at their victim. :) > -- ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html