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Augustus 17 CE rule (slrpnk.net)

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[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 24 points 6 months ago

I'm one of the 9 in 10.

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

Me too. Let's find the seven others.

[-] verenor@lemmy.tf 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Another one found, six more to go.

[-] moistclump@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Present. 5 more.

[-] Keineanung@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

I'm in. 4 more.

[-] DataDisrupter@feddit.nl 8 points 6 months ago

Reporting in. 3 to go.

[-] PrincessTardigrade@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

I'm here. Just 2 more left.

[-] Silentiea@lemm.ee 9 points 6 months ago

Whew, just made it. Glad I'm not that person.

[-] survivalmachine@beehaw.org 9 points 6 months ago

Decimation was a practice of group punishment in Roman times, where if a group of 100 soldiers deserted, you might punish them by forcing them to kill 1 in 10 of their rank. 1 in 10 would be beaten to death by the other 9. Nowadays, we use decimate to mean a significant loss in general, but the root Latin "decimatio" literally meant "removal of a tenth".