Is it true that crucifixion was invented by the Romans?

Answer 1

Pre-Roman States
Punishment by crucifixion was widely employed in ancient times. It was used by Assyria, Achaemenid Persia, the Greeks, Carthaginians, Macedonians and from very early times Rome. There is evidence that captured pirates were crucified in the port of Athens around the 7th century BC.

Crucifixion was common method of punishment in Egypt however unlike other areas it was done by cutting the opposite limbs of a person and using the palm tree as a stake according to "Die Sprache Der Pharaonen Großes Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch, a concise Egyptian-German dictionary" [2].

The earliest historical record of crucifixion was made in 519 BC when Darius I, the Persian King of Kings, crucified 3000 political opponents in Babylon.

CRUCIFIXION:
This form of execution was widely practiced in the Roman Empire, though similar methods were invented in the ancient culture of Persia.[1]

Crucifixion was used by the Romans until about AD 313, when Christianity was legalized in the Roman Empire and soon became the official state religion. However, it has been used in various places in modern times.

Answer 2

the romans were the ones that practiced it the most but the basis of the idea was invented by the ancient persian empire. there have been modern day crucifixions as well, although most not with nails. POWs in north korea have said that they were tied crucifixion style and left there for days. in 1920 archbishop joachim was crucified upsidedown on the royal doors of the cathedral in sevastopol, ukrainian SSR in 1920.

Answer 3

A similar method was used by the ancient Persians.