Romans ~ Period Breakdown
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- Created on: 24-05-16 12:35
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Romans - Brutal, cheap, public deterrents
CRIMES/ LAWS
- Twelve Tables- Earliest organised system of Roman laws. Learned by children off by heart at school
- Emperor Justinian- Organised and catagorised all laws into one voulume: Justinian's Digest
- Every aspect of life covered- From attacking the emperor, arson and murder to keeping the street outside your house clean selling the right weight bread, and dumping waste into the river Tiber
PUNISHMENT
- Arson- burning
- Speaking out against the emperor- Pouring molten lead down throat
- Patricide- tied in a bag of snakes and thrown in the river Tiber
- Other punishments- Confiscation, reparations,death, whipping, Decimation,crucifixion, etc
- Nobles- could escape death penalty with exile
- Slaves- If one slave…
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