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Why did the Roman Septumuleus remove the brain from the head of Gracchus and pour molten lead into it?

In the political struggle that took place in Rome in 121 BC. and led to armed clashes, the consul Lucius Opimius defeated the people's tribune Gaius Sempronius Gracchus. Gracchus' head was given a reward of equal weight in gold. It was brought by a friend of Opimius Septumuli, having previously removed the brain and filled it with molten lead in its place. Septumuli received the award in full.

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