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The book says in page 177 the following: ... but adds an unusual - and essential - feature to the knowledge of the punishment method. [quote=book cic ver 2,4.26]"With what face have you in fact presented yourself in the gaze of the Roman people? [You have even] not [yet torn down] that crux, wh...

Hi, Why Cicero In Verrem? Cicero is used extensively in the book In Verrem is about a criminal trial in 70 BCE. When a Roman magistrate formally sentenced a convicted criminal to death by crucifixion in around the first century--Did anyone know what he meant? The Trial Criminal Procedure in the Gaiu...

It's a draw , then .

Hi beowulf, http://www.crystalinks.com/romedoctor.jpg All this proves is that at least one man who died in the first century had a nail put through his ankle before or after he died. This tells us nothing about crucifixion practices despite the story that Tzaferias invents about it. Roman surgeons ...

Assuming Jesus was historical, and the gospels tell the truth about Pilate's reluctance to have Jesus crucified, eventually just giving into pressure, is it possible that he would have been more willing to let Jesus' body be taken down, since he didn't think Jesus really deserved crucifixion anyway...

Thank you . It is the conclusion of his book in regard the execution of a convicted criminal in Judea early in the first century what really matters. Without that marketing trick this book is nothing at all. The question is : what would the soldiers that had to carry out the sentence --do the actual...

To Philosopher Jay The claim appeared to have been made that the Romans of the first century did not know what the roman execution by crucifixion was. In Britain the execution by hanging was well understood even if the precise steps and procedures might have varied . It is difficult to believe that ...

PhilosopherJay wrote:we can't really tell what happened, except that someone was tortured and or killed in some gruesome way.

Torture and gruesome killing is sufficient to keep the atoning death as it was before.

You should know about writing a gospel

I am not derailing your 'history '

You can invent as many religious theories as you wish, but history is not to be treated as religion is.