Burning of criminals under Hebrew Law, I, 92, 99
C
Cæsar, Caius Julius,
10th legion cowed by, II, 169
superstition of, II, 205
disbelief of, in immortality, II, 229
deification of, II, 233
divorces of, II, 238
profligacy of, II, 238, 239
unnatural practices attributed to, II, 263
Caiaphas, Jewish high priest,
accusation of, against Christ, before Sanhedrin, I, 190
erratic conduct of, at trial of Christ, I, 290
rôle of, in trial of Jesus before Pilate, II, 101
biographical note on, II, 295
legendary examination of Joseph of Arimathea by, II, 374, 376
Caligula, Roman emperor,
deifies his sister Drusilla, II, 234
depravity of, II, 234
Cantharus, family of, cursed in Talmud, II, 301
Capital Crimes under Hebrew Criminal Law, classification and
punishments of, I, 91-101
Carlyle, Thomas, on the life of Christ, II, 187
Cassius, Dion, on the labeling of Roman criminals, I, 57
Cato, Marcus Porcius,
contempt of, for the haruspices, II, 228
suicide of, II, 232
divorces of, II, 237
contempt of, for Lucullus, II, 246
merciless treatment of slaves, II, 251
Catulus, Quintus, dream of, presaging accession of Augustus, II, 214
Chanania, Jewish scribe, biographical note on, II, 314
Chanania ben Chiskia, Jewish scribe, biographical note on, II, 309
Charles IX, king of France, bloody sweat of, I, 59, 60
Christianity, conflict of, with Roman paganism, I, 16; II, 76-79
Chrysostom, St. John, on the legendary desire of Tiberius to deify
Christ, II, 344
Cicero, Marcus Tullius,
dream of, presaging accession of Augustus, II, 215
on Roman superstition, II, 221
on Roman skepticism, II, 227
his divorce of his wife, II, 237
witticism of, upon Cæsar's gallantries, II, 239
Cities of Refuge, Jewish, internment in, I, 96-99
Claudia, granddaughter of Augustus,
marriage of, to Pilate, II, 82
dream of, regarding Jesus, II, 133, 355
Claudius, Roman commander, throws sacred pullets into the sea, II, 222
Clement V, pope, and the Talmud, I, 88, 89
Coliseum, the, description of, II, 260
Comitia Centuriata,
public criminal trials in, II, 37-43
miscarriage of justice in, II, 38-42
Commodus, Roman emperor, deification of, II, 234
Consul, Roman, judicial powers of, II, 36
Coke, Sir Edward, contrast between Pilate and, II, 170-172
Cornelius, son of Ceron, the elder, biographical note on, II, 321
Cross, Roman instrument of death,
erroneous representations of, II, 56
forms of, II, 62
use of, by various races as religious symbol, II, 64-67
"Cross, the True," legends of, II, 62, 63
Crucifixion,
Plutarch on, I, 56
history of, II, 54, 55
mode of, II, 55
pathology of, II, 58, 59
Roman citizens exempt from, II, 54
of Jesus, II, 365
Cybele, Roman deity, importation of, from Phrygia, II, 199
D
Deification of Roman emperors, ceremony of, II, 234
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