I have attempted to give a survey of the use of crucifixion as a penalty in the Graeco-Roman world, as a contribution towards a better understanding of Paul’s remark about the μωρία of the λόγος τοῦ σταυροῦ. The following points may be made in conclusion. I am well aware that this study remains essentially incomplete, for now at the end I should really begin all over again with a detailed exegesis of the evidence about the cross in the writings of Paul. As it is, I am breaking off where