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Crucifixion was not a punishment that originated with the Jews or their judicial laws. Crucifixion was a brutal form of punishment that was common among the Romans. The Romans chose this mode of capital punishment to put fear in everyone who would stand against Rome and Roman laws. Crucifixion was common in first century Israel and this fact is well documented in the writings of Josephus.
The anchor is often found in burial places of the early Roman Christians. Other substitute symbols in use were the trident and a decussate cross, which looks like the Greek letter chi. The wide-spread symbol for the Crucifixion in those days was a lamb at the foot of the anchor: the lamb representing Christ, and the anchor the cross.