10 Horrific Punishments From History That Could Be In Game Of Thrones

3. Cooked Alive Inside Of A Giant Bronze Bull - Saint Antipas

There are many martyred saints that could be recognised on this list, as few things in history have provoked undeserved punishment more than religious disagreement. However, Saint Antipas of Ancient Greece is particularly notable for the method by which he was killed. The brazen bull was such a horrific execution method that when it was first presented to Phalaris of Sicily, he chose to test it out on the inventor. It was a bronze case in the shape of a bull, which the victim would be placed inside. A fire would be lit underneath, and as the unfortunate person inside screamed in agony a series of pipes in the bronze head made bellowing sounds like an enraged bull. Saint Antipas was martyred in a brazen bull for the crime of trying to cast out some demons that a local population had begun worshiping.