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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Main Author: Yann Rivière
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Les Éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme 2020-11-01
Series:Socio
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/socio/10411