1. TV Schedules
  2. Episode of Secrets of the Dead

Secrets of the Dead

Death In Britannia

Season 21, Episode 2 of 6

The discovery of a skeleton, dating to the Roman occupation of Britain, provokes further study after scientists see an iron nail driven through its heel bone. Could the remains belong to someone the Romans crucified? Despite hundreds, if not thousands, of people being crucified in the Roman Empire, only one other crucified skeleton has ever been found in the world. Who was this person? What was his life in Roman Britain like? And what could they have done to receive so harsh a punishment?

More From this Series

Previously Aired

Day
Time
Channel
11/1/2023
10 p.m.
PBS 6
11/2/2023
3 a.m.
PBS 6
11/3/2023
3 p.m.
PBS 6
11/5/2023
8 a.m.
PBS 6
11/7/2023
9 p.m.
PBS 6 Plus
11/8/2023
4 a.m.
PBS 6 Plus
AZPM is a service of the University of Arizona and our broadcast stations are licensed to the Arizona Board of Regents who hold the trademarks for Arizona Public Media and AZPM. We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples.
The University of Arizona