WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross or beam and left to hang until eventual death. It was used as a punishment by the Persians, Carthaginians and Romans, among others. Crucifixion has been used in parts of the world as recently as the 21st century.

Detailed explanation-2: -Crucifixion may be defined as a method of execution by which a person is hanged, usually by their arms, from a cross or similar structure until dead.

Detailed explanation-3: -The death penalty included being buried alive, impaling and, of course, crucifixion. The Romans did not hesitate to torture before putting someone to death. One such punishment was sewing a bound prisoner in a heavy sack with a snake, a rooster, a monkey and a dog, then throwing the sack into the river.

Detailed explanation-4: -A care-ful analysis of the literature, the historical context, and the archeo-logical evidence demonstrates that the use of nails in crucifixion is sufficiently attested at the time of Christ to validate the supposition that he was indeed nailed to the cross.

Detailed explanation-5: -An enslaved person could be forced to carry a piece of wood around their neck that stated their crime. For very serious crimes you could be killed by crucifixion, thrown from a cliff, into a river or even buried alive. Crucifixion was saved for serious crimes such as revolts against the empire.