It was called the Great Purge.
It was used a lot, pretty much all the time. It was the main weapon they used for executing people during the reign of terror.
The Reign of terror, also known as "The Terror", is an event of violence that happened during the French revolution. Many have died during this period using the Guillotine. The name Reign of terror is used rather than using the name of the person ruling at that time and it signifies that terror or revenge was the one in control at that said period.
The Reign of Terror was a period of violence during the French Revolution. It lasted from September, 1793 to July 1794 and is named for the many executions of those denounced as "enemies of the state", mainly in Paris but also in other areas of France. Most were guillotined (beheaded), as were King Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, earlier in 1793.
the french revolution
Maximilien Robespierre and Georges Danton at the time were in control of France, which was immediately after king Louis died. but then Robespierre killed Danton and started the reign of terror
Terror
Extreme State sponsored Capital Punisment and violence.
That man was a maniac. He did everything and anything. Basically, he started the Reign of Terror, which killed any royalists. He also killed those who didn't support the change [of his party] enough, and those who were overzealous about it. There were two reigns of terror, the white terror and the red terror -one was Robespierre's doing, the other was around the time of his death, when the terrorists and the victims switched roles.
He created the Reign of Terror and became a victim of it.
The Rein of Terror was the time when hundreds even thousands of people died. At the time, Robespierre was in charge of this madness.
His goal in the French Revolution was to execute all the corruption in France. He had the King and Queen beheaded, and he did public displays of torture or killings. He made theses killings as a sort of show almost. During this time it was called "The Reign of Terror", later Robespeirre was also beheaded.
Tradition says it was Peter and Paul who were martyered during the time of Nero's reign.