Ancient Babylon may have been an autocracy but once a year its subjects knew how to put their rulers in their place. At the new year, the king was publicly humiliated in a ritual of penitence for his wrongdoings. The royal symbols of power were taken away and he was slapped so hard that he cried. If there were no tears, the omens for the new year were not good.
古巴比伦或许一直是一个独裁国家，但国王的臣民们每年都有一次机会知道，如何让他们的统治者知道自己并没有那么重要。在新年这一天，国王在一项仪式上为其过失忏悔，并接受公开羞辱。象征王权的权仗被拿走，国王受到用力的击打，以致于会痛得哭喊出来。如果国王没有流出眼泪，那就预示着新的一年的兆头不好。
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