I know they used it more than any other culture but did they get the information from any other culture?
2007-11-25 04:59:59 · 4 answers · asked by Legend Gates Shotokan Karate 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The Romans adopted Crucifixion from the Etruscans, if you prefer to distinguish between the two. The Etruscans mixed with the Sabines, and pretty much became the Romans.
2007-11-25 05:35:28 · answer #1 · answered by Kemp the Mad African 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Jews or Hebrews used stoning as the common form of execution for sins of blaspheme or beheading for crimes against the state. I believe the Romans were using Crucifixion for state crimes before they became a great state so it was probably borrowed from surrounding cultures.
Typically they tied the person high to a post the cross and nails came later.
I just enjoy reading a lot I am no historian.
2007-11-25 14:31:37 · answer #2 · answered by SiFu frank 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the 'Oxford dictionary of the Classical World,' the Romans borrowed it from another culture, probably Carthage.
2007-11-25 13:23:34 · answer #3 · answered by Rebel without a clue. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They did not invent crucifixion, but they did institutionalize it as a standard method of execution.
2007-11-25 15:53:52 · answer #4 · answered by rohak1212 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋