> Via Appia was also the site where, in 71 BCE, around 6000 members of Spartacus’s slave army were crucified on the hillsides.
Ignorant question: did Romans kill people on crosses before the Christian era?
Ignorant question: did Romans kill people on crosses before the Christian era?
Moreover, crucifixion is just a pragmatic approach to traditional public executions. Many societies have used trees and walls to hang, kill and display the executed their necks broken, beaten to death, lashed, lynched, asfixiated, left to die of thirst or exposure... the method doesn't really matter, the point is they are there for everyone to see.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion#Pre-Roman_states