crudeliorem mortis rationem excogitavit, qua onerosos sibi non perrupto vinculo religionis tolleret: saeptum enim altis parietibus locum cinere complevit, superpositoque tigno prominente benigne cibo et potione exceptos in eo collocabat, e quo somno sopiti in illam insidiosam congeriem decidebant.
He therefore devised a more cruel method of death whereby he might remove those burdensome to himself without violating the religious constraint. He filled a space fenced in by high walls with ashes and placed above them a protruding beam on which he put his victims after plying them with food and drink. From it they fell in their sleep on to the treacherous heap.
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