Gladiatorial Games
Status: Gladiators (named after the Roman sword called the gladius) were mostly ... The lunch break was devoted to executions of criminals who had committed...
Crucifixion in Antiquity - The Jewish Roman World of Jesus - James ...
As one of the main objectives of this cruel method of execution was its deterrent value, Roman authorities also devised various means whereby the victim...
Despised, Deadly and Popular Professionals of the Arena
Coleman K. M. ‘Fatal charades: Roman executions staged as mythological. enactments’, Journal of Roman Studies 80 (1990), 44-73...
Crucifixion
Crucifixion was a method of execution used by the Romans to punish slaves and foreigners... The Roman emperor Constantine I banned crucifixion in 337...
Executions
Coleman, KM (1990), "Fatal charades: Roman executions staged as mythological enactments", Journal of Roman Studies 80, pp.44-73...
British Archaeology magazine, March 2003
Anyone who doubts the Roman capacity for cruelty should read the reports of Eusebius, the 4th century Early Christian Father, on the executions of Christian...
Roman Executions
Roman Executions
