Episode 97: Crucifixion | Ancient Rome & State Sanctioned Execution

About this episode

This episode explores the brutal reality of crucifixion as a form of punishment in Ancient Rome through a medical lens.

Crucifixion was a form of punishment, humiliation, and execution. Adopted by the Ancient Romans, crucifixion was used on the State’s worst criminals on lower classes and slaves. As common as it was though, we know very little about how people died on the cross. In this episode, we take a closer look at crucifixion through a medical lens. This image is not historically accurate. It was crafted within the guidelines of Gemini as a stereotypical rendering of crucifixion but our episode gets into the, sadly more brutal, truth. This is the story of crucifixion. Listen: This Medical Life podcast is available on all podcasting services and Spotify.  Help support us on our donation page . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• crucifixion
• Ancient Rome
• state sanctioned execution
• medical perspective
• punishment
• humiliation

Keywords

• crucifixion
• Ancient Rome
• execution
• punishment
• medical history
• slaves
• criminals

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Auscast Network

Places: Ancient Rome

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