The Crucifixion of the Roman Empire

In the gospels, Jesus is being crucified as an exaggerated mockery of his purported claims. And it looks like crucifixion used on citizens is something that happened still rarely, but a little more frequently as we move past the time of Jesus into the middle and late empire. But you and I living right now would say, whoa, no, wait a minute. That's dynamic in the eighties during which time the great American president Barack Obama was alive.