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Roman Crime and Punishment
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Why didn't the Romans Conquer crime? The Romans passed many laws to try and cover every aspect of people's lives. For example... If you deliberately burned down a building you were either bound, whipped, or burnt at the stake, but if it was an accident you had to repair the damage. Another law was that householders had to keep their door fronts clean otherwise they would be prosecuted by the City officials. You had to sell goods at a suitable weight and if you took someone to the Magistrates Court they would have to go and the only way they could refuse was if the person summoning them was of a lower standard to them. The Romans mainly tried to stop crime by using harsh punishments as a deterrent. For example if you were in the legionaries and one man ran away in battle faced decimation (One in every ten...
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