- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (7 Nov 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 041511375X
- ISBN-13: 978-0415113755
- Product Dimensions: 1.4 x 2.2 x 0.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,804,230 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Tightly argued and written, this is a book for specialist libraries in legal history and theory, in classics, and in the social history of the Roman world."
-Religious Studies Review, Jan. 1999
-Religious Studies Review, Jan. 1999
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Crime and punishment have concerned humanity since the beginning of social life. Their manifestations in ancient Rome remains an interesting topic, as the law of most European countries today is derived from ancient Roman law. The author tells the history of punishment from the Roman Republic to the late Empire, thus shedding light on some decisive aspects of Roman history. Trials for treason, sedition and corruption illuminate political history; common law crimes like murder, poisoning, rape, adultery and forgery sharpen the perception of social history; discussions of freedom of speech increase the understanding of intellectual history; and religious persecutions fill out the picture of religious history. This study should provide useful reading not only for the Roman historian, but for modern historians and lawyers, sociologists and those generally interested in classical antiquity.
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Scourging, the executioner's hook, the dread of the cross - these things have long been obsolete. Read the first page
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