More shameful than being bound was the indignity of being stripped or flogged. Such treatment incited contempt and derision, depriving the person of his honor.
मार्टिन हेन्गेल या विद्वानाच्या म्हणण्यानुसार, वधस्तंभावरील मरण ही “एका गुलामाला दिली जाणारी शिक्षा होती.