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"Elsewhere, decapitated bodies make between 2.5% to 6% of burials." That seems like a really high percentage of the dead were executed. Is it reasonably to gu
by ALittleLight 5y ago
"Elsewhere, decapitated bodies make between 2.5% to 6% of burials."
That seems like a really high percentage of the dead were executed. Is it reasonably to guess from this fact that 2-6% of Roman mortality was caused by execution? That seems absurdly high. Maybe burial in a cemetery was more common for the executed than the otherwise deceased?