When Michael is administering the lashes with the whip as punishment for Alex leaving the city walls, Michael is standing on Alex's left side. Later, when Alex is removing his shirt at the barracks and Bixby asks what happened, the lash marks on Alex's bare back are going in the wrong direction.
Michael administered the lashes so that they should run from the top of Alex's right should down to the left side of his waist.
Michael administered the lashes so that they should run from the top of Alex's right should down to the left side of his waist.