The Cambridgeshire crucifixion: Roman justice, indigenous practice or careless burial – Corinne Duhig

Speaker: Corinne Duhig PhD FSA MCIfA.

Archaeologists investigating a previously unknown Roman settlement ahead of a new housing development in Cambridgeshire have discovered the remains of a man with a nail through his heel. A team including osteoarchaeologist Dr Corinne Duhig believe this may be the “best preserved” example of a Roman-era crucifixion anywhere in the world and shows inhabitants of even this small settlement at the edge of empire could not avoid Rome’s most barbaric punishment.

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