And why would the Romans have allowed a convicted felon to be almost immediately removed from his cross and put in a tomb? Crucifixion was chosen precisely to make a public point that the most cruel and humiliating form of punishment awaits those who oppose Rome's will. Roman disposition on this point was perhaps best summed up by Quintilian (AD 35-95, Decl. 274) when he wrote that:
At bakit papayagan ng mga Romano na agarang ibaba ang isang kundenadong kriminal mula sa kanyang krus at pagkatapos ay ilagay sa isang libingan? Ginagawa nga nila ang pagpapako sa krus eksaktamente bilang paraan upang ilantad sa madla na ang pinakamalupit at pinaka nakakahiyang parusa ang naghihintay sa mga lumalaban sa kalooban ng Roma.