CLASSICAL TALES ROMAN EXECUTIONS
Crucifixion is a form of slow and painful execution in which the victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross and left to hang until dead It is principally known from antiquity Crucifixion or impalement in one form or another was used by Egyptians Persians Carthaginians Macedonians and Romans Alexander the Great is reputed to have crucified 2 000 survivors from his siege of the