Tunica molesta

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A tunica molesta (Latin for "annoying shirt") was a shirt impregnated with flammable substances such as naphtha, used to execute people by burning in ancient Rome.[1] The Roman emperor Nero executed some Christians in this way, according to Seneca.[2]

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  1. ^ Fiery Finery
  2. ^ History of the Origins of Christianity. Book IV. The Antichrist.
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