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  • Roman Britain
    • 43AD-c410
    • Crimes
      • No proper police force
      • Crimes were connected due to division in society.
      • Worst crime was disobeying the emperor orthose in authority.
    • Laws
      • The Romans had a centralized system of law.
        • Roman laws were written down on 12 tables of metal.
        • Roman law was recorded and summarized by the Emperor of Justinian.
          • This was called the Institutes of Justinian of 533.
    • Punishments
      • Different if you were a man or woman, citizen or slave.
        • Rich criminals could escape harsh punishments by paying compensation.
      • Major crimes were dealt with by the governor and minor cases in small local courts.
        • The local centurion decided whether the case should be tried.
      • Prisons were only used to detain criminals.
  • Crimes
    • No proper police force
    • Crimes were connected due to division in society.
    • Worst crime was disobeying the emperor orthose in authority.

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