The Crucifixion of the Byzantine Empire

The byzantine empire continued to remain very influential in italy a for some time after it lost anywhere else in the west. And so when you like the saint san damiano cross from saint francis and thanks, it's actually a byzantine cross. You know, we ar western influence. But basically, the typical western crucifix has jesus, who clearly is suffered and has been bloodied as opposed to victorious christ on the cross. In the eastern church, in fact, at the top of the cross, we even change what we have written on the cription. The gospels say that pilot wrote, jesus of nazareth, king of the jews