Human Sacrifice on Mons Capitolinus?

[Greatshield17]

Hope this isn't to much for Autism Forums, but I heard this past weekend that the ritual execution of enemy kings (perhaps the most famous being Vercingetorix) by the Romans on Mons Capitolinus, was actually a form of human sacrifice to Jupiter Optimus Maximus, whose temple was on Mons Capitolinus; is there any truth to this claim?

 

[tree]

Why not expand upon your knowledge of the subject
by researching it yourself?

It doesn't seem likely that even the most elder forum members
were living at the time when human sacrifices to Jupiter were
taking place, so first hand narratives will be limited to historical
accounts.

 

[Greatshield17]

The reason, I ask, is that I do know that the Romans in general did not approve of human sacrifices, however it's not unreasonable to suspect that they may have made exceptions to this rule; in the Aeneid, there is one account of the gods helping themselves to a sacrifice of one of the characters, it could be the case that a conquered king could be a special occasion as well.

I guess I will have to look it up when I have time, right now I'm busy looking up a lot of other things.

 

[The Pandector]

One thing I've found, tree, is that a serious student can save a lot of research time by asking likeminded people if they can point to a solution. Kind of like not reinventing the wheel. And this is absolutely a legitimate research method. More power to you, Greatshield17!

 

[OkRad]

Here is a good article you may like. Jstor is free during the pandemic. I hope it helps!

AENEAS' HUMAN SACRIFICE on JSTOR