Blinded 15,000 Men in One Day | Emperor Basil II, the Roman Slayer

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15,000 prisoners of war, 30,000 eyes, and a single order that defied the limits of human cruelty. A line of defeated men stretching for kilometers, walking blindly, stumbling over the corpses of their comrades. They are not dead, but they wish they were. Out of every 100 men, 99 have empty eye sockets cauterized with red hot iron. The 100th man kee... Read More