Crucifixion (TRIH eps 175-177)
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In this Easter episode Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland examine crucifixion: its origins, mechanics, social function in the Roman world, and its centrality to Christianity. They survey pre-Roman precedents (Persian and Greek accounts), Alexander the Great's reputed use, and Roman deployment chiefly against rebels and slaves (examples include Spartacus and mass crucifixions along the Appian Way). Archaeological finds (a nailed heel bone near Jerusalem and a British burial) and literary source...
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- Reign of Augustus (27 BCE)
- Jesus of Nazareth (4 BCE)
- Crucifixion of Jesus (33)
- Reign of Nero (54)
- Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem (70)
- Reign of Trajan (98)
- Roman conquest of Britain (43)
- Caesar crosses the Rubicon (49 BCE)
- Augustus (63 BCE)
- Reign of Tiberius (14)