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flagrum, Roman
Roman flagrum whip
As part of the images, front and back, are over a hundred dumbbell shaped welts and contusions. The patterns, shapes and size of the wounds are consistent with a Roman flagrum, a whip of short leather thongs tipped with bits of lead, bronze or bone which tore into flesh and muscle. Blood, presumably from the flagellation, and even a bit of tissue thought by medical experts to be a torn-out bit of muscle, is also evident. From the angles of attack the way the marks fall on the mans back, buttocks, and legs it seems that man was whipped by two men, one taller than the other, who stood on either side of the victim.
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