Under ancient Roman penal practice, crucifixion was also a means of exhibiting the criminal's low social status.

If accurate, this is an exception to usual Roman sacrificial practice.

The practice is thought by some to have derived from the Roman practices in celebration of Pomona.

In future we will follow Roman practice by providing a free grain dole for the poor.

This was particularly true of cities which were also, in accordance with Roman practice, tribal centres.

Over time it became the official religion, superseding previous Celtic and Roman practice.

The word salad literally means "salted", and comes from the ancient Roman practice of salting leaf vegetables.

When the Videssian army was intact, he had followed Roman practice in excluding women from his soldiers' quarters.

The ceremony he worked out borrowed from both Roman and Videssian practices.

The phrase sub rosa, or "under the rose", means to keep a secret - derived from this ancient Roman practice.