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All About Gold » Military http://goldinflorence.com Gold Discussion Board Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:48:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 How did Roman legionaries remove gold from the stomach of a vanquished enemy? http://goldinflorence.com/566/how-did-roman-legionaries-remove-gold-from-the-stomach-of-a-vanquished-enemy/ http://goldinflorence.com/566/how-did-roman-legionaries-remove-gold-from-the-stomach-of-a-vanquished-enemy/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:31:29 +0000 http://goldinflorence.com/?p=566
I was once told by a History major (& former Marine) that when some enemies of Rome would find themselves about to become vanquished, they would swallow their gold (or other small valuables). This was presumably to keep the Romans from getting the goods – or to prolong the life of the vanquished. Reportedly the Romans were inspired to invent the original, true ‘knife hand” – a thrust that would penetrate the stomach of the swallower and relive them of their valuables!

Dewey

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And how did the California became one of the state of the America?
Is it because the Americans immigrated to California to find gold? or because they won the Mexican war?

Allyn

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