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In 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 ? (lemmy.world)
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[–] plyth@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago

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.