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The reviewer concluded, "Wartales walks far enough off the beaten path to be interesting, but it isn't quite bold or elegant enough to be essential." [15] As of December 2024, Wartales surpassed 1 million copies sold. To mark this milestone, the "Skelmar Invasion" DLC, introducing siege battles and additional content, was released on December ...
[6] [3] According to historian Boleslao Lewin, the charges were likely based on at least partially fabricated evidence; [2]: 294 nevertheless, Alonso was tortured until he confessed, and was subsequently burnt at the stake. His brother, Gonzalo de Morales, was also burnt at the stake on the same day. [2]: 292
The inhabitants of Numantia refused to surrender and decided to die free rather than becoming slaves. Little by little the Numantians succumbed either from starvation, Roman arrows, or mass suicide. Overall the siege lasted between 8 and 16 months (depending on the sources) and ended with the burning and complete destruction of the city. [2] [3]
Since Mary Lakeland was judged for having murdered her husband by use of witchcraft, she was executed by burning, since that was the punishment for petty treason. The same method of execution was used for a few other witchcraft cases, such as that of Margaret Read of King's Lynn in 1590 [ 1 ] and Mary Oliver of Norwich in 1659, for the same reason.
Burning of two homosexuals, Richard Puller von Hohenburg and Anton Mätzler, at the stake outside Zürich, 1482 (Spiezer Schilling) From the 12th to the 18th centuries, various European authorities legislated (and held judicial proceedings) against sexual crimes such as sodomy or bestiality ; often, the prescribed punishment was that of death ...
Wild video has emerged of the Bourbon Street shootout between police and New Orleans terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar — showing New Year’s revelers running for their lives as shots rang out in the ...
The final U.S. Figure Skating Championships before the 2026 Milan Olympics will take place in St. Louis. U.S. Figure Skating announced Monday the 2026 nationals would be Jan. 5-11 at the ...
The idea that the vampire "can only be slain with a stake driven through its heart" has been pervasive in European fiction. Examples such as Bram Stoker's Dracula (with Dracula often being compared to Vlad the Impaler who killed his enemies and impaled them on wooden spikes) [1] [2] and the more recent Buffy the Vampire Slayer both incorporate that idea.