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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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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Scourging, the executioner's hook, the dread of the cross - these things have long been obsolete. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rei publicae utilitas, poena legis, tribunician process, publica clementia, poenae metus, iudiciis publicis, liberum mortis arbitrium, poena cullei, personal cognitio, public criminal laws, lex maiestatis, utilitas publica, hostis declaration, other leges, repetundae law, correctio morum, ignis interdictio, iudicia populi, iudicium populi, cognitio extraordinaria, maiestas law, officio proconsulis, iudiciorum publicorum, iudicia publica, mixed penalties Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pauli Sententiae, Antoninus Pius, Early Principate, Aulus Gellius, Iulius Paulus, Later Empire, Late Republic, Mettius Fufetius, Pontifex Maximus, Tarpeian Rock, Flavius Sabinus, Senior Vestal, Severus Alexander, Cassius Longinus, Claudius Saturninus, Later Principate, Rutilius Gallicus, Septimius Severus, Ateius Capito, Domitius Ulpianus, Tullus Hostilius, Vestal Virgins New!
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Scourging, the executioner's hook, the dread of the cross - these things have long been obsolete. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rei publicae utilitas, poena legis, tribunician process, publica clementia, poenae metus, iudiciis publicis, liberum mortis arbitrium, poena cullei, personal cognitio, public criminal laws, lex maiestatis, utilitas publica, hostis declaration, other leges, repetundae law, correctio morum, ignis interdictio, iudicia populi, iudicium populi, cognitio extraordinaria, maiestas law, officio proconsulis, iudiciorum publicorum, iudicia publica, mixed penalties Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pauli Sententiae, Antoninus Pius, Early Principate, Aulus Gellius, Iulius Paulus, Later Empire, Late Republic, Mettius Fufetius, Pontifex Maximus, Tarpeian Rock, Flavius Sabinus, Senior Vestal, Severus Alexander, Cassius Longinus, Claudius Saturninus, Later Principate, Rutilius Gallicus, Septimius Severus, Ateius Capito, Domitius Ulpianus, Tullus Hostilius, Vestal Virgins New!
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- Roman Law by Jolowicz in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Roman Empire: Second Edition by Colin Wells in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Criminal Law by Joseph G. Cook in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Marcus Aurelius: A Biography by Anthony Richard Birley in Back Matter
- The Emperor Domitian by Brian W. Jones in Back Matter
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- The Historical and Institutional Context of Roman Law by George Mousourakis on 7 pages
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- Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome (Approaching the Ancient World) by Donald G. Kyle on page 22, and page 272
- Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome by Donald G. Kyle on page 8, and Back Matter
- Martyrdom and Memory: Early Christian Culture Making (Gender, Theory, and Religion) by Elizabeth Castelli in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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