SJ+Crime+and+Punishments

Many of the Punishments used by the Ancient Romans were extremely brutal and in-humane.

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Slaves - In Ancient Rome the slaves had literally no rights at all. The were treated like merchandise, because that's exactly what they were if you were a Roman. However, slaves were quite expensive, so many of the punishments did not give lasting injuries. The whip was the most common punishment. Another punishment was to be branded in the forehead, this means the owner of the slave would heat up a piece of metal in a certain shape, so hot that it would leave a mark of charred flesh on the forehead. Another punishment used was the slave being brutally forced to carry a heavy piece of wood round their necks, they would need to keep this on where ever the went. Slaves were also, as yet another cruel way of punishment, often forced into a 'house of correction', where they were forced to turn a mill for grinding corn. When punished for any capital offence (crimes against the state) they were crucified. ======
 * ======Punishments given to citizen - Fines or 'damnum'======
 * Being tied up in bonds or 'vincula'
 * Banishment or 'exilium
 * Slavery or 'servitus''

A Roman citizen could not possibly be sentenced to death unless he or she was found guilty of treason against Rome. A Roman citizen was allowed to be tried in Rome if accused of treason. If sentenced to death, no Roman citizen could be sentenced to be crucified.

The Roman ways of inflicting death were various in both cruelty and pain.

Here are the most common ways:
 * Beheading
 * Being strangled in prison
 * Being tied up and thrown into the river to drown
 * Being Crucified
 * Being Buried alive

Although all of the above punishments are both incredibly cruel and may be interpreted as evil, they were very efficient and helped store order and peace in Ancient Rome, The Romans liked to induce fear, If there was somebody speaking out against them it was squashed in a public display of the most horrible kind, execution.