The Annals by Tacitus, composed just 91 years after the death of Jesus, provide according to some invaluable data about his ...

The Bible's New Testament states that Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea, sentenced Jesus to death by crucifixion. Tacitus discusses the persecution of Christ's followers, who were ...

The crucifixion of Jesus, who did not possess a gladiator's physique and stamina, did not commence but culminated when he was nailed to the cross. After the brutal, all night scourging by Roman ...

And, that's exactly what they did. EXECUTION BY CRUCIFIXION The Romans had a genius for brutality. They were good at building bridges and they were good at killing people, and they were better at ...

Holy Week and Easter are perhaps the most important days in the Christian calendar. Many associate those celebrations with ...

After Jesus was sent to Pontius Pilate, who was the Roman governor of Judea at the time, Pilate offered the choice of who to condemn to death to the crowd, as was tradition. The crowd chose to ...

some devout Catholics in the Philippines have taken to the practice of self-crucifixion on Easter. The gory display of devotion frowned upon by the Roman Catholic Church draws hundreds of tourist.

Easter is an important day for those of the Christian faith. It can fall on a different date from year to year, depending on the moon cycle.