In the end I decided to post the crux-centered first chapter of the licenced Doctor Who novel
Byzantium! to the Crucified Males thread. Here's a link.
https://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threads/crucified-males.158/post-739564
However, the interesting content in the book does not end there, not at all. The second chapter covers two scenes. The first, a meeting between Tribune Marcus Lanilla and General Gaius Calaphilus, involves a fair bit of mention of executions both actual and potential - Gaius feels cruxing a handful of Zealots will only embolden them and they should
"string them up mercilessly, in the hundreds" as a show of strength, while Marcus goes farther and suggests that the Jews, a race of "
syphilitic scum", should be wiped from the face of the earth - but nothing worth writing it out in detail IMO.
The second scene, on the other hand, takes place at Marcus's villa afterwards. His first words after arriving are:
"I am starved. Wine!" he bellowed to a nearby serving girl as he splashed water onto his sunburned face and deeply inhaled the smell of jasmine. "And make it quick or I shall have some hast beaten into you."
The girl is indeed prompt in filling his goblet - unfortunately for her, it's not to his liking.
"Cartethus" he roared. The tall and slightly stooping figure of the head of the household appeared instantly at Marcus's side, his face a passive mask. "This wine is rank" Marcus bellowed, throwing the goblet to the floor where the wine spilled onto the marbled tiles leaving an ugly red stain.
Cartethus bowed and then grabbed the wrist of the serving girl, twisting it and making her cry out in pain. "Yes, Excellency" he noted. "A most unfortunate error. I shall deal with this incident personally" he continued, dragging the slave with him through the doors.
Marcus's wife Agrinella then tastes the wine, says it seems perfectly fine and scolds her husband for impetuousness, to which he responds by implying the slave girl's chastisement was for
"arrant insolence" (no sign of which was shown in the text). This then proceeds towards sex between them and so their friend and fellow conspirator leaves, though not before suggesting that what they are up to could see them
"dragged though the streets in chains and beheaded like common criminals".
(More to come!)