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Originally posted by yournamehere
Scourging (flogging; whipping) was an integral part of the crucifixion process - only women, Roman senators, and (non-deserters) soldiers were exempt. Its functions were to intimidate through terror, and also to physically hasten the prisoner on the road to death by way of shock and blood loss. Leather whips using metal balls and bone chips literally ripped the skin to shreds - there's no way to show that realistically without a lot of blood.
Gruesome, but historically accurate.
It was a messy, agonizing way to die.
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