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

The Bible states that Jesus was arrested by Roman soldiers following the Last Supper ... Nero who ruled about 21 to 24 years after Jesus' crucifixion. Nero used the Great Fire of Rome as part ...

According to the map, Roman soldiers took Jesus to the House of ... which Christians believe stands on the site of Jesus' ...

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 ...

His study is pivotal for understanding the propagation of Christianity within the Roman Empire following Jesus's crucifixion. Tacitus, respected for his critical eye on Roman politics, did not shy ...

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!

Then they led him out to crucify him. Jesus’ crime when presented to Pilate was claiming to be the King of the Jews, so the mocking by the Roman soldiers relates to this claim: They dressed ...