Crime

• • No common laws - the Lords set the law or the mayor of council.
  • criminals were kept in person for very short times they were often trialed and if guilty they were hanged.
  • gossiper may face dunking in the local river or a scold bridle - mask - stopped them from talking
  • People that sold rotten food were force to spend a day in pillory (offenders hands and head locked in a wooden frame)
• • Common crimes included robbery, burglary, fraud in trade, arson, and murder.
  • Running away as a slave and being Christian (until Emperor Constantine's conversion) were also crimes.
• • The Twelve Tables: A written code of law created by the emperors and the Senate.
• • Common crimes included robbery, burglary, fraud in trade, arson (setting a fire), and murder.
  • Running away as a slave and being Christian (until Emperor Constantine's conversion) were also crimes.
• • Punishments were severe and depended on social status.
  • Plebians: Flogged or fined for minor crimes; executed for serious crimes.
  • Patricians: Exiled or executed for serious crimes.
  • Slaves: Harsh punishments like crucifixion or forced combat.
  • Decimation: Military punishment where every tenth soldier was executed to maintain discipline.