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Imprisonment in ancient Rome was not a sentence under Roman law. Incarceration (publica custodia) in facilities such as the Tullianum was intended to be a temporary measure prior to trial or execution. [1] More extended periods of incarceration occurred but were not official policy, as condemnation to hard labor was preferred. [2]
The Mamertine Prison (Italian: Carcere Mamertino), in antiquity the Tullianum, was a prison (carcer) with a dungeon located in the Comitium in ancient Rome. It is said to have been built in the 7th century BC and was situated on the northeastern slope of the Capitoline Hill , facing the Curia and the imperial forums of Nerva , Vespasian , and ...
An ancient fifth-century Roman prison discovered in Greece contains harrowing graffiti on the prison floor. Located in Corinth, Greece, the Greek-language pleas that remain etched into the prison ...
One of the most notable Roman prisons was the Mamertine Prison, established around 640 B.C. by Ancus Marcius. The Mamertine Prison was located within a sewer system beneath ancient Rome and contained a large network of dungeons where prisoners were held in squalid conditions contaminated with human waste. [8]
Map of the Capitoline Hill, indicating the probable location of the Gemonian Stairs at the time of the Roman Empire. The Gemonian Stairs (Latin: Scalae Gemoniae, Italian: Scale Gemonie) were a flight of steps located in the ancient city of Rome. Nicknamed the Stairs of Mourning, the stairs are infamous in Roman history as a place of execution.
It lists cities established and built by the ancient Romans to have begun as a colony, often for the settlement of citizens or veterans of the legions. Many Roman colonies in antiquity rose to become important commercial and cultural centers, transportation hubs and capitals of global empires.
Ancient Roman victims of crime (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Crime and punishment in ancient Rome" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
The Wall of Suburra and Arco dei Pantani (1880 ca.). The wall of Suburra is an isodomum wall, stretching 33 metres (108.3 ft) from the ground level of the Forum and built in peperino and Gabine stone (lapis gabinum), [4] which ancient Romans thought was particularly resistant to fire.