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The John Batchelor Show / Preview: Emma Southon narrates the 483 BCE human sacrifice of Vestal Virgin Oppia, who died for omens like plague or lost battles. To appease the gods, the Romans held a funeral and walled her alive inside a cave near Rome's walls. Oppia was left with onl

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