Also...the suicide rate of slaves wasn't almost fifty percent...just saying.
According to some Roman writers, the forced labor on the Cloaca Maxima (Greatest Drain) in the city was so taxing that people killed themselves to get out of it. Apparently, it was something to take note of. Tarquin commanded that they be crucified as extra humiliation in order to deter future suicides.
According to some Roman writers, the forced labor on the Cloaca Maxima (Greatest Drain) in the city was so taxing that people killed themselves to get out of it. Apparently, it was something to take note of. Tarquin commanded that they be crucified as extra humiliation in order to deter future suicides.