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What were the Eunuchs exactly!?
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10-02-2013, 01:36 PM
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Nathan Ross post=344647 Wrote:The next page mentions a law of Justinian claiming that only three out of a sample ninety people castrated survive the operation! So not as neat as all that then... :eek:
This is the law in question:
http://webu2.upmf-grenoble.fr/DroitRomai..._Scott.htm

Maybe this was an operation where all the genitals were removed? That would explain the high death rate.
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What were the Eunuchs exactly!? - by Virilis - 03-24-2006, 08:51 AM
Re: What were the Eunuchs exactly!? - by Arthes - 03-25-2006, 04:21 AM
What were the Eunuchs exactly!? - by Milo Cross - 09-29-2013, 08:00 AM
What were the Eunuchs exactly!? - by Rennie - 09-29-2013, 08:36 AM
What were the Eunuchs exactly!? - by Epictetus - 09-29-2013, 10:23 AM
What were the Eunuchs exactly!? - by Robert - 09-29-2013, 07:49 PM
What were the Eunuchs exactly!? - by Nathan Ross - 09-29-2013, 07:58 PM
What were the Eunuchs exactly!? - by Robert - 09-30-2013, 08:14 AM
What were the Eunuchs exactly!? - by Michael Kerr - 09-30-2013, 08:52 AM
What were the Eunuchs exactly!? - by Renatus - 09-30-2013, 09:19 AM
What were the Eunuchs exactly!? - by Michael Kerr - 09-30-2013, 11:18 AM
What were the Eunuchs exactly!? - by Robert Vermaat - 10-02-2013, 01:36 PM
What were the Eunuchs exactly!? - by Epictetus - 10-02-2013, 03:36 PM
What were the Eunuchs exactly!? - by Renatus - 10-02-2013, 04:39 PM
What were the Eunuchs exactly!? - by Lyceum - 10-02-2013, 04:49 PM
What were the Eunuchs exactly!? - by Nathan Ross - 10-02-2013, 05:07 PM
What were the Eunuchs exactly!? - by Lyceum - 10-02-2013, 06:41 PM
What were the Eunuchs exactly!? - by Renatus - 10-02-2013, 08:11 PM
What were the Eunuchs exactly!? - by Robert - 10-02-2013, 09:00 PM
What were the Eunuchs exactly!? - by Nathan Ross - 10-02-2013, 11:40 PM
What were the Eunuchs exactly!? - by Michael Kerr - 10-03-2013, 05:05 AM
What were the Eunuchs exactly!? - by Molly A Jones-Lewis - 12-06-2013, 08:18 PM

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