Yet torture is above all an art, an artistic discipline just like literature , cinema, or contemporary dance. All detained in the City-State ghettos bitterly missed the torturers of yesteryears, those monsters who worked with the precision of a Swiss watch-maker.

Fiston Mwanza Mujila
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The art of torture has been practiced for centuries. Herod the Great, the Roman Emperor, is considered to be one of the most famous torturers in history. He is known for his cruel methods of interrogation and often subjected people to different cruelties. Torture was used by many government officials to make people reveal their secrets or to make them confess false crimes against state. The ancient Romans used horrifying techniques such as burning people alive, crushing limbs, suffocating people with bags, cutting out heart and tongue on command.

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