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The Brutal Reason Byzantine Blinding Replaced the Death Penalty

The Brutal Reason Byzantine Blinding Replaced the Death Penalty

Feb 19-By Caiden Pannell

Byzantine emperors blinded rivals instead of killing them. A blind man couldn’t take the throne, and that quirk shaped imperial power for centuries.

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