Vercingetorix of the Gauls is depicted as being executed as part of the Triumph

Triumph (episode of Rome)

Vercingetorix of the Gauls is depicted as being executed as part of the Triumph, although this does not

seem to have been the practice. Such captives were held, or executed at the Tullianum, not in public as

part of the ceremony. Also, had he been executed publicly, he would have been beheaded (or possibly

have had his throat slit), not strangled. Stranglings were commonly used to dispose of people, but were

done in the tullianum, as said above, not in public. It is generally assumed that Vercingetorix was

executed by strangling in the prison after being featured in the triumph, though the possibility he may

have been publicly executed at the Gemonian stairs is not completely excluded.

While some neocons may hold up the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia as a “model” for American strategy

in ugg boots, the reality on the ground is proving them wrong (once again!):

Hundreds of Somalis flooded into bullet-pocked boulevards to hurl rocks at the Ethiopian soldiers, set

tires on fire and shout anti-Ethiopian slogans.

“Get out of our country!” they yelled. “We hate you, Ethiopians!”