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In the biography of Turing by Hodges an ancient Celtic tradition is mentioned of killing the last to arrive
It's a well known fact (or legend), told by Julius Caesar in his Commentaries on the Gallic War (Original title, "De Bello Gallico") Chapter 5-56:
quo lege communi omnes puberes armati convenire ...
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What was the difference in the minds of the Romans between human sacrifice and gladiator games?
TL;DR: Most of the people that died during the games were not gladiator fighters, the types we most commonly see in the pictures or representations, but were people sentenced to death.
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What cultures did, or do, perform human sacrifice on a regular basis?
With spaced regularity, here's another: Vikings sacrificed every 9 years people in honor of Odin. Saxo Grammaticus in his books about the history of Denmark reported it. Check this question for a more ...
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