8 sentences with 'executed'
Example sentences and phrases with the word executed and other words derived from it.
• « After Lucius Cornelius Sulla's final victory, he had thousands of Marius' supporters executed. »
• « Pilate tried to hand the case over to the local Jewish puppet king, Herod, who in turn refused and handed Jesus back to Pilate. In the end, Jesus was executed by the Roman government for inciting rebellion, using the traditional Roman punishment of crucifixion. »
• « Diocletian banned Christian worship and executed several thousand Christians who refused to renounce their beliefs in an attempt to stamp out the cult once and for all. Needless to say, it was a spectacular failure. »
• « Although she was soon captured and handed over to the English to be tried and executed as a witch by the Burgundians, Joan of Arc became a martyr to the French cause and, eventually, one of the most important French nationalist symbols. »
• « Although Savonarola was executed in 1493, Botticelli did not continue to produce art at the same rate as he did before the 1490s. By then, of course, he had already secured his place in art history as one of the leading figures in Renaissance painting. »
• « Da Vinci performed dozens of dissections of bodies (most of them executed criminals) and drew precise diagrams of body parts. »
• « In England, for example, some 20,000 people were executed in the 30 years between 1580 and 1610, a rate that if applied to today's United States would amount to 46,000 executions a year. »