Captives and Captivity in the Roman World. Literary and Iconographic Discourse (3rd Century BC - 2nd Century AD)
Harmattan| N° d'inventaire | 17633 |
| Format | |
| Détails | 322 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2014 |
| Etat | Nine |
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For the Ancients, the loss of freedom was the immediate consequence of captivity. Therefore, any treatment inflicted on prisoners of war seemed normal despite the rules established by the jus gentium, which ultimately did not protect the captive. The comparison of texts and images here provides an eloquent catalogue of the ways in which the victorious Romans were able, abolishing all considerations of humanity, to exploit the masses of the vanquished or the internal rebels.
For the Ancients, the loss of freedom was the immediate consequence of captivity. Therefore, any treatment inflicted on prisoners of war seemed normal despite the rules established by the jus gentium, which ultimately did not protect the captive. The comparison of texts and images here provides an eloquent catalogue of the ways in which the victorious Romans were able, abolishing all considerations of humanity, to exploit the masses of the vanquished or the internal rebels.