Note 327 — PHOTIUS BIBLIOTHECA OR MYRIOBIBLON[6] (continued 2)
John Henry Freese translation
Valerius Maximus (ix. 2. ext. 6) thus describes this punishment. “He (Ochus) filled an enclosure surrounded by high walls with ashes; a beam projected over it, on which he placed his victims, having first given them plenty to eat and drink; then, overcome by sleep, they fell from it into the treacherous heap below.”