Crucifixion question

[zebo-the-fat]

I am the first to admit that I am no expert on this subject, but I have always wondered about one aspect of Crucifixion.

As I understand it, the criminal was made to carry his own cross up the hill before being crucified. When the Roman soldier said to the victim "I want you to carry this heavy cross up the hill so we can nail you onto it and leave you hanging until you die" What would stop him saying the Aramaic equivalent of "Piss off, carry it yourself!"
What could they do that was worse than Crucifixion?

(This is nothing to do with the religious aspects of the story, just a practical question)

[brewer]

Sounds like it comes down to how much torture do you want before the real torture begins.

[onlinebiker]

Crucifixion is a dawdle....

[Silver]

It's the equivalence of us obeying cops when they tell us to do someone.

[Cod]

Knowing what was about to happen to you, you might as well tell them to piss off, on top of that I reckon if you gave them a quick knee to the balls your death would be a lot quicker.

[zebo-the-fat]

Knowing what was about to happen to you, you might as well tell them to piss off, on top of that I reckon if you gave them a quick knee to the balls your death would be a lot quicker.

Just what I was thinking, at that point you have nothing to lose

[The Grand Nudger]

People were made to carry the crossbars as a sort of mobile stock - and ever the efficient pragmatists, the romans would have used that stock as the upper span of the t.  

Lay aside the pomp and pageantry of the fictional passion narrative, and it's easy to understand why people would do this.  Imagine yourself in a long line of people who are all restrained by bar.  You get lead here and there in this way.  People who object are killed, or worse.   The presence of crucified dissenters on the roadside reminds you of how simply you could be strung up, but, for the most part, that's not the fate of the group or the purpose of the restraint.  

Crucifixion is as easy as pulling someone out of line and putting them on an empty stick, leading to endlessly creative variations on the theme.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

What could they do that was worse than Crucifixion?

I can think of several things.

-Slowly roasted over hot coals, rotisserie-style.

-Having a metal bowl filled with hungry rats strapped to your belly.

-Recreational flaying, a little at a time.

-Being slowly dissolved in a caustic substance, such as lye.

-Applicating of stinging insects to particular tender areas (eyes, mouth, genitals).

-Being buried alive.

-Watching any of the above inflicted on your nearest and dearest until you agree to carry the crossbar.

Boru

[Succubus]

Crucifixion is a dawdle....

You could get stabbed.

[Gawdzilla Sama]