In premodern Italy, owners of failed businesses that had outstanding debts were taken, completely nude, to the public plaza, where they had to hit their backside against a rock while a crowd jeered at them.
En la Italia premoderna, los dueños de negocios que fracasaban y tenían deudas pendientes eran llevados totalmente desnudos a la plaza pública, donde tenían que golpearse el trasero contra una piedra mientras una multitud los abucheaba.