The slave rebellion by Spartacus took place in the Italian peninsula, not the desert. That's why it was so dangerous to the Romans. It took place in 71 BC, some 100 years before Christ was crucified. And slaves did the work hauling shit around back then, were they going to complain to much?
How about a comparable example of barbarism to make a point to your enemies, that we also have evidence for? When the Mongols seized Baghdad, then the jewel of the Mohammadian world, they killed hundreds of thousands of the city's residents.
Please. I think you're neglecting and minimizing the psychological effects and their importance in both warfare, and maintaining and empire by force in a very violent world. A world much more cruel and violent than ours today. It's the 1st century equivalent of CNN propaganda, and Vlad the Impaler, some 1400 years later utilized it quite effectively, eh?
Again, numerous contemporaneous historical accounts exist for Christ and his crucifixion. It's only a matter of faith whether he rose from the dead 3 days later.
The slave rebellion by Spartacus took place in the Italian peninsula, not the desert. That's why it was so dangerous to the Romans. It took place in 71 BC, some 100 years before Christ was crucified. And slaves did the work hauling shit around back then, were they going to complain to much?
How about a comparable example of barbarism to make a point to your enemies, that we also have evidence for? When the Mongols seized Baghdad, then the jewel of the Mohammadian world, they killed hundreds of thousands of the city's residents.
Let's go even further back, the Assyrians during their empire. They would skin alive and impale thousands of people to make a point to their enemies. https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/assyrians-torture-60fabb7a9642
We know that these things happened through numerous contemporaneous accounts, from both sides of the fighting. Why would the Romans be any different?
I think your goal is to undermine Christianity. This is a terrible way to do it because it's so ahistorical and poorly researched.
Please. I think you're neglecting and minimizing the psychological effects and their importance in both warfare, and maintaining and empire by force in a very violent world. A world much more cruel and violent than ours today. It's the 1st century equivalent of CNN propaganda, and Vlad the Impaler, some 1400 years later utilized it quite effectively, eh?
Again, numerous contemporaneous historical accounts exist for Christ and his crucifixion. It's only a matter of faith whether he rose from the dead 3 days later.