Crucifixion

This practice was held by the Persians, Carthaginians, and the Macedonians and consisted of taking an offender and nailing or impaling them and lifting them up to humiliate them in front of others. The Romans perfected this practice and nailed people to a wooden cross through their wrists and feet. The person died as a result, not from the agony, but from suffocation as they struggled to get a breath. Crucifixion was done publicly to humiliate the offender.