Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoIn most depictions of Jesus he is wearing spiked crown. If this is true what was the point if he was getting nailed to a cross anyway? Or was it just vindictavness ?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down11
arrow-up18arrow-down1message-squareIn most depictions of Jesus he is wearing spiked crown. If this is true what was the point if he was getting nailed to a cross anyway? Or was it just vindictavness ?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoNot an expert but maybe it helps you to know that Romans had all kinds of floral crowns, e.g. Caesar’s laurel crown. It’s a story for the citizens of the Roman empire so that could be a context to interpret it.
Not an expert but maybe it helps you to know that Romans had all kinds of floral crowns, e.g. Caesar’s laurel crown. It’s a story for the citizens of the Roman empire so that could be a context to interpret it.