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Tunica molesta
A
tunica
molesta
was
a shirt
impregnated
with
flammable
substances
such as
naphtha
or
resin
, used to
execute
people
by
burning
in
ancient Rome
.
It is also a form of a
Shirt of Flame
later used in
Death by burning
as described in
Foxe's Book of Martyrs
.