Junia felt a cold shiver. She had come to mock, to see the "superstition" crushed under the heel of the eagle. Instead, she felt the foundations of her own pride crumbling. The Roman world was built on the strength of the sword and the permanence of stone, yet Marcella looked more permanent than the marble columns of the Forum.
In Latin, the sentence is a classic example of the : romana crucifixa est
During the late Republic and the Empire, the protections for citizens eroded under emergency decrees ( senatus consultum ultimum ) and the unchecked power of provincial governors. We know of the crucifixion of thousands of followers of Spartacus in 71 BC—but those were slaves. We know of the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth—but he was a provincial Jew, not a Roman. Junia felt a cold shiver
was not broken. Instead, she was escorted to a ship bound for Rome, where she eventually successfully argued her case. The phrase "Romana crucifixa est" was never carved into her headstone; instead, she became a legendary advocate for the fair application of the law across the provinces. The Roman world was built on the strength