L’incarcération dans la Rome antique
The word “prison” applied to the prison realities of Ancient Rome is misleading, even anachronistic. Originally a place of execution (by abandonment or strangulation), the dungeon has always had a preventive function for the detention of remand prisoners or convicted prisoners awaiting execution. Du...
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| description | The word “prison” applied to the prison realities of Ancient Rome is misleading, even anachronistic. Originally a place of execution (by abandonment or strangulation), the dungeon has always had a preventive function for the detention of remand prisoners or convicted prisoners awaiting execution. During the imperial period, the Acts of the Martyrs testify to this during the persecution of Christians. Moreover, sentences involving imprisonment or putting in chains were always associated with the performance of labour (mines, quarries, forced labour, etc.), which treated convicts of free origin as slaves, either for a fixed period or for life. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d23b165c7bbf4234abbe0b0b4fc1f4a62024-02-13T15:42:37ZengLes Éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l’HommeSocio2266-31342425-21582020-11-0114193610.4000/socio.10411L’incarcération dans la Rome antiqueYann RivièreThe word “prison” applied to the prison realities of Ancient Rome is misleading, even anachronistic. Originally a place of execution (by abandonment or strangulation), the dungeon has always had a preventive function for the detention of remand prisoners or convicted prisoners awaiting execution. During the imperial period, the Acts of the Martyrs testify to this during the persecution of Christians. Moreover, sentences involving imprisonment or putting in chains were always associated with the performance of labour (mines, quarries, forced labour, etc.), which treated convicts of free origin as slaves, either for a fixed period or for life.https://journals.openedition.org/socio/10411Ancient Romedungeonprison genealogyChristian martyrdombonded societyforced labour |
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| title | L’incarcération dans la Rome antique |
| title_full | L’incarcération dans la Rome antique |
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| title_short | L’incarcération dans la Rome antique |
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| topic | Ancient Rome dungeon prison genealogy Christian martyrdom bonded society forced labour |
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