A tunica molesta (Latin for "annoying shirt") was a tunic impregnated with pitch and other flammable substances such as naphtha or resin.[1] This was put upon the victim while the neck of the victim was fixed to a stake with an iron collar. It was then ignited, burning the victim alive.[2]: 17 [3]
It is also a form of a Shirt of Flame later used in death by burning as described in Foxe's Book of Martyrs.
^"Roman Times: The Tunica Molesta: Roman Execution Ad Flammas". 9 December 2010.
^JUVENALIS, Decimus Junius, et al. The Satires of Juvenal and Persius. With English Notes from the Best Commentators, by C. Anthon ... New Edition, Revised by J. T. Wheeler. United Kingdom, n.p, 1858.
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