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[[Image:Rembrandt The Raising of the Cross.jpg|thumb|280px|[[Rembrandt]], The Raising of the Cross.]]
'''Crucifixion''', derived from the Latin ''crux'' ("cross") and ''figere'' ("to fasten"), was an agonizing form of death famous as a means of execution in the [[Roman Empire]]. It involved the recipient being nailed to a [[cross]] and left to hang until dead. The victim, always a [[slave]] or [[criminal]], never a citizen, was mercilessly [[flogging|flogged]] and then nailed to a wooden post with crossbeam.
'''Crucifixion''', derived from the Latin ''crux'' ("cross") and ''figere'' ("to fasten"), was an agonizing form of death famous as a means of execution in the [[Roman Empire]]. It involved the recipient being nailed to a [[cross]] and left to hang until dead. The victim, always a [[slave]] or [[criminal]], never a citizen, was mercilessly [[flogging|flogged]] and then nailed to a wooden post with crossbeam.