People executed by strangulation

Vercingetorix (; ; ; – 46 BC) was a Gallic nobleman and chieftain of the Arverni who united the Gauls in a failed revolt against Rome during the Gallic Wars (58–50 BC).

Jugurtha or Jugurthen ( c. 160 – 104 BC) was a king of Numidia, the ancient kingdom of the Numidians in northwest Africa. When the Numidian king Micipsa, who had adopted Jugurtha, died in 118 BC, Micipsa's two sons, Hiempsal and Adherbal, along with Jugurtha, were in line for succession. Jugurtha arranged to have Hiempsal killed in 117 BC and, after a civil war, defeated and killed Adherbal in 112 BC.

Lucius Aelius Sejanus ( – 18 October AD 31), commonly known as Sejanus (), was a Roman soldier and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius. Of the Equites class by birth, Sejanus rose to power as prefect of the Praetorian Guard, the imperial bodyguard, of which he was commander from AD 14 until his execution for treason in AD 31.

king of Sparta

emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chinese warlord and general

Táhirih (Ṭāhira) (, "The Pure One," also called Qurrat al-ʿAyn ( "Solace/Consolation of the Eyes") are both titles of Fatimah Baraghani/Umm-i Salmih (1814 or 1817 – August 16–27, 1852), an influential poet, women's rights activist and theologian of the Bábí faith in Iran. She was one of the Letters of the Living, the first group of followers of the Báb. Her life, influence and execution made her a key figure of the religion. The daughter of Muhammad Salih Baraghani, she was born into one of the most prominent families of her time. Táhirih led a radical interpretation that, though it split the

Italian philosopher

Patriarch of Constantinople

Bulgarian tsar

Byzantine Empress

king of Pergamum, imposter

usurper of the Roman Empire

Herodian prince of Judea

Final ruler of the Korea Goryeo dynasty

wife of the Roman emperor Caracalla (died 211)

Chinese Emperor (1623-1662)

General serving warlord Lü Bu (died 199)

alt=|thumb|Portrait of Nef'i of Erzurum (1572-1635), an Ottoman poet Nefʿī (نفعى) was the pen name (Ottoman Turkish: مخلص maḫlaṣ) of an Ottoman poet and satirist whose real name was ʿOmer (عمر) (c. 1572, in Hasankale, Erzurum – 1635, in Istanbul).

Italian cardinal

son of Herod, heir of Judea

19th-century French Christian missionary, martyr, Catholic saint

Hetman of Ukraine

Eastern Han adviser to warlord Lü Bu (died 199)

Chinese emperor (914-934)

Commander under Malik Shah I

Brazilian dramatist

Italian catholic cardinal and bishop (1491/1492-1517)

Min person CBDB = 11522

Prince of Wallachia

political scandal of the 18th century Portuguese court

Transylvanian politician (1560-1594)

French missionary

Flemish sculptor and architect (1602–1654)

Jin dynasty imperial prince (died 306)

emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Italian missionary

Portuguese Jesuit missionary (1526-1561)

Lord of Padua, 1388-1405

writer

Chinese official and warlord (died 200)

Chinese general

Chinese saint

Chinese general

Tang prince (briefly emperor)

Korean saint (1826–1839)

Patriarch of Ethiopia (1910–1979)

Eunuch who had a stranglehold on power due to his close personal relationship with Emperor Xizong

Executed Danish murderer

Belgian noble

Chinese Emperor

Qing dynasty politician

Imperial prince of the Chinese Northern Qi dynasty

Crown Prince of Sui, later deposed as Prince Fengling