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Daily Historian on Instagram: "Public executions in ancient and medieval societies functioned as critical instruments of social control and political theater. In antiquity, particularly in Rome, executions were staged as spectacles to affirm imperial authority and communal morality. The Colosseum’s damnatio ad bestias—where condemned individuals faced wild beasts—blended punishment with entertainment, reinforcing the state’s power while satisfying public demand for dramatic justice. These events