Definition: The Persians, Seleucids, Carthaginians, and Romans all used crucifixion as a method of execution. In crucifixion, the condemned was affixed to two crossed wooden beams, one of which was stuck in the ground. The arms were either nailed or tied to the crossbeam about 9-12 feet above ground. Death was sometimes quickened by breaking the legs. Jesus was killed using crucifixion, but he was hardly the only victim of it. The 6000 captured at the end of the revolt of Spartacus were all crucified by the Romans along the Appian Way, and in 519 B.C. Darius of Persia crucified 3000 political opponents. The Carthaginians sometimes crucified their own unsuccessful generals.
Main source: About Crucifixion
There were many other notorious and cruel forms of execution. Mithridates of Pontus poured molten gold down the throat of a greedy Roman.
Main source: About Crucifixion
There were many other notorious and cruel forms of execution. Mithridates of Pontus poured molten gold down the throat of a greedy Roman.
