UnSubRocky wrote on Apr 6
th, 2023 at 2:44pm:
MeisterEckhart wrote on Apr 6
th, 2023 at 1:30pm:
The Romans used crucifixion exclusively for the execution of anyone found guilty of sedition against Roman rule.
They did not use crucifixion for common criminals, that is a falsehood made popular by the new testament.
Crucifixions generally were for serious crimes in which the perpetrator either died, or did not do what they did again.
When someone is crucified, they are tied with rope to a cross. Then they get planted into the ground upside down and left for some time. After a while, the perpetrator either dies from his invertedness, or he suffers physically and emotionally. If he survives, he is let down to continue his life (humbled). Otherwise, he is left to die.
The idea of putting nails through the wrist and feet was considered barbaric, even for that time period. They also did not want to waste nails on executing people (regardless of whether they could dig the nails out afterwards).
No one was intended to survive crucifixion.
Crucifixion was the most humiliating and painful form of execution used exclusively for sedition against Roman rule.
The victim was fixed to a cross which was planted close to the gates of a town/city so all could witness the suffering of the seditionists, as if their screams of agony would not have been enough.
The cross was also planted such that the victims' feet were low enough to the ground to allow carrion birds and other animals to begin eating the victim alive.
Carrion birds, such as vultures, could perch on the crossbar and begin eating the victim's eyes, ears, face, and arms while they were still alive.
Death could take up to three days, probably extended if the victim's family and friends could muster the courage to avoid any curfew and remain at the cross to scare off carrion animals.