Pausanias

Pausanias

When a Spartan named Pausanias was accused of treason for conspiring with the Persians, he sought refuge in a temple so that he couldn’t be tried and executed while inside. His mother went to the temple to lay the first brick at the door, which was sealed until he died of starvation.

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