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The Valerian and Porcian laws were Roman laws passed between 509 BC and 184 BC. They exempted Roman citizens from degrading and shameful forms of punishment, such as whipping, scourging, or crucifixion. They also established certain rights for Roman citizens, including provocatio, the right to appeal to the tribunes of the plebs. The Valerian ...
Roman citizens were expected to perform some duties (munera publica) to the state in order to retain their rights as citizens. Failure to perform citizenship duties could result in the loss of privileges, as seen during the Second Punic War when men who refused military service lost their right to vote and were forced out of their voting tribes ...
Western Roman Emperor: June 425: Aquileia: Ardabur [76] Hassan Yuha'min: King of Himyar: 448: Iraq: Sharhabil Yafar [77] Valentinian III: Western Roman Emperor: March 16, 455: Rome: Western Roman Empire: Followers of Flavius Aetius [78] Ankō: Emperor of Japan: 456: Kofun Japan: Mayowa no Ōkimi [79] Majorian: Western Roman Emperor: August 7 ...
The events included torture, rape, and looting and were described as the worst atrocities against civilians so far in the 2023 conflict in Sudan. [34] [35] Ardamata massacre: Between 800 and 2,000 people were murdered. 20,000 fled. [36] Misterei massacre: 17,000 people fled to Chad (Gongour) after the massacre. [37] [38]
The total number of men killed through decimation is not known, but it varied on occasion between 1,000 from 10,000 men and 48–50 from a cohort of around 500 men. A specific instance saw 500 men selected by Crassus from the survivors of two legions which had broken and run in combat against the rebel slaves.
In response, Theodosius authorized his Gothic soldiers to punish the people of the city resulting in the killing of a large number of citizens when they were assembled in the city's hippodrome. Modern historians have had difficulty discerning the details of the massacre and its aftermath, as there are no contemporaneous accounts of the event.
Roman Army: 550 Aetolian leaders killed by Roman soldiers. Destruction of Corinth: 146 BC Corinth: All Corinthian men killed Roman Army Complete destruction of the city. Population partly massacred, partly enslaved. Asiatic Vespers: 88 BC Asia (Roman province) 80,000–150,000 Kingdom of Pontus led by Mithridates VI: Romans and Italians killed.
The Roman people was the body of Roman citizens (Latin: Rōmānī; Ancient Greek: Ῥωμαῖοι Rhōmaîoi) [a] during the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire. This concept underwent considerable changes throughout the long history of the Roman civilisation, as its borders expanded and contracted.