They were also occasionally used for executions in which the hero of the story – played by a condemned person – was killed in one of various gruesome but mythologically authentic ways, such as being mauled by beasts or burned to death.
Ocasionalmente tamén se usaban para execucións nos que o heroe da historia -interpretado polo condenado a matar- era asasinado de xeito espantoso pero mitoloxicamente auténtica, sendo devorado por bestas ou queimado ata a morte.