was reading about this roman milltay punisment , but was unable to find any examples of it being used
also for those who don't konw Decimation is
source http://www.roman-empire.net/army/army.html#discipline"Decimation - Perhaps the most gruesome punishment of all known to the Roman army was that of decimation. It generally was applied to entire cohorts and meant that every tenth man, randomly chosen by a draw of lots, was killed by being clubbed or stoned to death by his own comrades. This form of punishment of the troops was however extremely rare"