What is Crucifixion?
[[Image:Albrecht-v-Brandenburg-1520.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Jesus being crucified]] '''Crucifixion''' is a way to [[Execution|execute]] (kill) someone, usually because they have committed a [[crime]]. It was used as a [[capital punishment]] by the [[government]] of [[Rome]]. A [[prisoner]] was beaten with whips, and made to carry their own [[cross]]. They were either tied or nailed to the cross. The Romans used different types of crosses: T-shaped, X-shaped, and sometimes just trees. It killed people by making them bleed, go into shock, and making it hard for them to breathe, eventually dying of [[suffocation]]. Some of the people would live for several days before dying. Roman [[soldier]]s would often break the legs of the [[criminal]] to speed it up. ==Jesus Christ== {{main|Crucifixion of Jesus}} The most [[famous]] person to have been crucified was [[Jesus Christ]], the Son of God according to the [[Christianity|Christian]] religion. He was crucified along with two thieves.<ref>{{bibleverse||Luke|23:32}}</ref><ref name=ABF>{{cite book|title=The Amazing Bible Factbook|year=2008|publisher=American Bible Society|location=New York|isbn=978-1603207782|pages=50, 73}}</ref> The cross later became a symbol of Christianity. Six of the [[twelve apostles]] of Jesus were also crucified later on, but most of them asked to be crucified in a different way from Jesus. For example, [[Saint Andrew|Andrew]] (who later became the [[patron saint]] of [[Scotland]]) was crucified on an X-shaped cross. In the year 337 AD, Emperor [[Constantine|Constantine I]] abolished crucifixion in the [[Roman Empire]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Christianityfooter}} [[Category:Capital punishment]] [[Category:Christian symbols]] {{religion-stub}}