Stephen, Bishop of Harran, had Acindynus executed in 602, either by impalement or crucifixion. Crucifixion (or impalement), in one form or another, was used by Persians, Carthaginians, and Macedonians. Other impalement devices included bamboo whips and triggered sapling spikes. In Germany and Switzerland, quartering is the norm rather than impalement. In the Middle Ages, adultery in Vienna was punishable by death through impalement. He was tortured by burning his hand to the bone before being executed by impalement. The duo perform various routine magic acts, such as impalement arts and shapeshifting. De Brito was executed by impalement on a wooden stake. He was tried and sentenced to death by impalement. Their leaders threatened those who accepted serfdom with impalement. Often, the victim was hoisted into the air after partial impalement. This sobriquet is connected to the impalement that was his favorite method of execution. All of them, however, had been strangled prior to impalement. Impalement of "pirates", rather than highway robbers, is also occasionally recorded. The performance centers on a virgin sacrifice by impalement.