Crime & Punishment: Romans

Crime & Punishment: Romans

1. Crimes

   • Arson
     • Crimes against authority were punished more seriously
   • Attacking the emperor
   • Robbing temples
   • Stealing farm animals
   • Theft
   • Selling under-weight bread
   • Murdering or trying to murder your master (slaves)
   • Running away from your legion during battle
   • Riots
   • Littering
   • Assault
   • Patricide

2. Punishments

   • Exile (Only Noble men)
   • Whipping
   • Repaying the cost of goods
   • Confiscation of Property
   • Mutilation of limbs
   • Most violent punishments were reserved for those who rebelled against the empire
   • Execution
     • Crucifixion
     • Thrown into the Colosseum to fight to the death as gladiators
     • Molten lead down the throat
     • Decimation (within the army)
     • Thrown to beasts in Colosseum
     • Tied in a sack containing snakes and thrown into the river to drown
     • Thrown off the hightest cliff in Rome