The Brazen Bull - One of the cruelest torture devices in history

What goes around comes around is often a saying to make someone feel better - but in the case of the Brazen Bull it was apt. The Brazen Bull was a legendary and cruel torture device from the ancient world. And its first victim was the man who created it.

Sources

https://www.livius.org/articles/person/phalaris/bull-of-phalaris/

https://www.livius.org/articles/person/phalaris/

Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pierre_Woeiriot,_The_Brazen_Bull_of_Phalarus,_NGA_54032.jpg

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