A recent surprise discovery has shed light on the gruesome execution practice of Roman crucifixion. A team excavating several graves at a site near Fenstanton in southeastern England came across the remains of a local man, likely in his late 20s, executed by crucifixion during the second century C.E. Despite crucifixion being a relatively common method of Roman execution, this is only the fourth time an archaeological find has provided direct evidence of the practice. This is in part because crucifixion victims—often criminals—rarely received a standard burial. Similar to the previously discovered examples, including the remains of a crucified […]
