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“Whenever,” says Petronius, “the city was afflicted with the plague, they took a beggar who was fed for a year at the public expense with all that could be procured the most delicate, at the expiration of which time the unhappy victim was clothed in sacerdotal habits and covered with leaves of vervain, in which state he was led through all parts of the city, when the people loaded him with execrations, imploring the gods, that all the misfortunes of the city might fall upon him; and, to finish the ceremony, he was precipitated from the top of a high rock.”
~Stupid things people did to get rid of the Plague, Volume 290
"Your life is gonna be freakin SWEET for a year, then we're gonna chuck you off a cliff."
"Ah, well, I probably would've died of the plague anyway."
~Stupid things people did to get rid of the Plague, Volume 290
"Your life is gonna be freakin SWEET for a year, then we're gonna chuck you off a cliff."
"Ah, well, I probably would've died of the plague anyway."