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A slow, public execution method ancient Rome used to torture and kill condemned people as a warning to others.
means A method of execution by nailing or binding a person to a cross and leaving them to die, typically slowly and in public.
from From Latin crucifixio, built from crux (cross, or more broadly 'instrument of torture') and figere (to fix, fasten, affix). The verb cruciare, 'to torture,' comes from the same root — crux is also where English gets 'crux' (the vital point, the thing that pins an argument down) and 'excruciating,' literally 'out of the cross,' meaning pain so severe it feels like being racked on one.
- origin word
- latin excruciare, root of excruciating
- cause of death
- usually asphyxiation, not blood loss
- who it targeted
- slaves and rebels, rarely roman citizens
- duration
- victims could linger for days