Semaxii
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Semaxii [1]
a name mentioned by Tertullian as sometimes applied to Christian martyrs by their persecutors, from the fact that those who were burned alive were usually tied to a board or stake of about six feet in length, which the Romans called semaxis. — Bingham, Christ. Antiq. bk. 1, ch. 2, § 10.