9. Brazen Bull
The Brazen Bull was a device imagined by Phalaris, ruler of Acragas, one of the Greek city-states on Sicily. It was a bronze hollow statue of a bull, with various tubes placed inside its head. The victim was locked inside the bull and a fire was lit underneath. As the temperature rose, the victims’ screams were magnified by the tubes, making it sound like a raging bull. Phalaris ordered Perillos to construct the bull but was so disgusted by Perillos’ enthusiasm that he tested the device on him. In a classic karma move, Phalaris met his doom inside the bull when he was overthrown by Telemachus a few years later. Let’s see what horrors are waiting for us next on the list of most brutal ways people were sentenced to death.
