01-01-2010, 10:25 PM
Quote:One did not need to nail a victim to a cross, using ropes was also sufficient, because the victim was supposed to die of third and/or exposure, I think?
....You are right, and paradoxically 'nailing' to a cross was considered a sign of mercy, for the shock and bleeding meant a relatively quick death, as opposed to the more lingering version of being tied....
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
