Crucifixion
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History of Crucifixion and Archeological Proof of the Cross, as Opposed to a Stake.
History of crucifixion: Britannica reports that the first historical record of Crucifixion was about 519 BC when “Darius I, king of Persia, crucified 3,000 political opponents in Babylon” (Encyclopaedia Britannica, crucifixion) Some further detail is given in “The Eerdman’s Bible Dictionary”, Rev. Ed., 1975: CROSS … Crucifixion is first attested among the Persians (cf. Herodotus, Hist. i.128.2; iii.132.2, 159.1),…