Monday, November 16, 2009

WEEK 3-Ancient Rome Legal System


Lets,now have a look of Ancient Rome Legal System during those days.
Roman Punishment - Punishments given to Roman Slaves-www.google.com
In Ancient Rome the slaves had no rights at all. The were thought of, treated like, merchandise. When slaves were beaten, they were suspended with a weight tied to their feet, that they might not move them. Another punishment was to be branded in the forehead. An alternative punishment included the slave being forced to carry a piece of wood round their necks wherever they went. This was called furca.

Roman Punishment - Forgery
Forgery was not punished with death, unless the culprit was a slave; but freemen guilty of that crime were subject to banishment, exposed them to an interdiction from fire and water, or in fact an excommunication from society, which necessarily drove them into banishment.

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