04-16-2007, 12:51 PM
Salvete!
I've been wondering about something after seeing all those old Hollywood movies around easter again.
You know suicide appears frequently in Roman history, Antonius and Varus killing themselves with their swords for example. In the movies they usually take their gladius and ram it into their belly. Something they show Samurai doing as well in the movies.
Now to make this short (more later when we hopefully have a discussion lol)
To me this seems a rather stupid way to kill oneself. i mean, sticking something into your belly doesn't usually kill instantly if I'm correct. Something like the way they used to kill gladiators sometimes, along the side of the neck into the heart for example is a much quicker way (but impossible to do all alone). So how do we have to imagine this happening? did they try to stick the sword from the belly upwards towards the heart(might be problematic to get the right angle or power like this)?
*note this is not supposed to be a "guide to suicide" I just wondered because in the movies they die instantly(just enough time left for some dramatic sentence maybe) which I think you probably wouldn't
I've been wondering about something after seeing all those old Hollywood movies around easter again.
You know suicide appears frequently in Roman history, Antonius and Varus killing themselves with their swords for example. In the movies they usually take their gladius and ram it into their belly. Something they show Samurai doing as well in the movies.
Now to make this short (more later when we hopefully have a discussion lol)
To me this seems a rather stupid way to kill oneself. i mean, sticking something into your belly doesn't usually kill instantly if I'm correct. Something like the way they used to kill gladiators sometimes, along the side of the neck into the heart for example is a much quicker way (but impossible to do all alone). So how do we have to imagine this happening? did they try to stick the sword from the belly upwards towards the heart(might be problematic to get the right angle or power like this)?
*note this is not supposed to be a "guide to suicide" I just wondered because in the movies they die instantly(just enough time left for some dramatic sentence maybe) which I think you probably wouldn't
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[Micha F.]
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[Micha F.]
