Tradition recounts that Longinus, a Roman centurion, pierced the side of Jesus with this very spear during the crucifixion.

According to the map, Roman soldiers took Jesus to the House of ... which Christians believe stands on the site of Jesus' crucifixion. The church was built in 326AD. Following the crucifixion ...

The crucifixion of Josephus' acquaintance who ... After the brutal, all night scourging by Roman soldiers, who would have relished an opportunity to vent their hatred of the Jews and disgust ...

No, crucifixion was something very ... And there's Rome and the Roman soldiers standing among the colonnade of the Temple looking down at Jews celebrating this. So it's a politically and ...

Not likely to either… Jesus had already been mocked and humiliated in front of our whole company of soldiers ... ‘cos no-one survives a Roman crucifixion, we make sure of that!