Artaletta
Magistrate
Such a length of the execution weapon excluded damage to the heart and lungs, and could not cause a quick death in any way. The damage to the intestines and stomach was very painful and fatal, but death came slowly. Sometimes the executed suffered 2-3 days before death. The meaning of this execution was not in piercing through, but in long torment.
Historically reliable can be considered, for example, this picture:
Historically reliable can be considered, for example, this picture: