Also, the Romans didn’t just march in anywhere and start crucifying people.
They resorted to those tactics in case of revolt or in warfare - not with people just sitting around in their villages.
Democrats are such historical idiots.
True. But they had a really low threshold of what they would accept in the way of resistance before starting the crucifixions.
There is a reason the “kill ‘em all” style of warfare is often referred to as the Roman/Mongol approach.
At the start of the Gallic Wars, it is estimated Gaul had a population of 6M. 10 years later Caesar had killed 2M and sold another 2M into slavery.