Crucifixion (TRIH ep 175, part 1)
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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).
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- Caesar's conquest of Gaul (58 BCE)
- Jesus of Nazareth (4 BCE)
- Year of the Four Emperors (68)
- Reign of Augustus (27 BCE)
- The Crucifixion (33)
- The Resurrection (33)
- Reign of Nero (54)
- Crucifixion of Jesus (33)
- Caesar's dictatorship (49 BCE)
- Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem (70)