It’s become a Good Friday tradition in Quraye: residents and visitors converging on the southern Lebanese village to witness ...

A penitent depicting the role of Jesus Christ is whipped by a fellow devotee playing the role of a Roman soldier, during a ...

A penitent depicting the role of Jesus Christ is whipped by a fellow devotee playing the role of a Roman soldier, during the ...

The Roman Empire was created and controlled by its soldiers. At the core of the army were its legions, which were without equal in their training, discipline and fighting ability. By the time ...

The widowed queen, Boudicca, was whipped and her daughters were both ... It was a savage battle, but the experienced Roman army won the day. Some 80,000 Britons were massacred and, rather than ...

A tourist asked to be whipped by a local wearing a Roman soldier costume as part of an Easter tradition in the Philippines. The holidaymaker visited Marinduque province to witness the annual Holy Week ...