How Did Ancient Greek And Romans Use Corporal Punishment
Society could easily choose banishment rather than use corporal or capital punishment to deal with criminals. I associated corporal or capital punishment torture, serious bodily harm or death. Explaining the history of corporal and capital punishments well help a reader get a better understanding of the issues surrounding those types of punishment. Instead of killing a person or torturing them I believe banishment to be a more humane way to punish someone. Ancient Greeks and Ancient Romans to various civilizations in the world use corporal punishment and capital punishment to kill or inflict great pain against a person who defies the King or Religious authority. Corporal punishment was used to cause pain and discomfort; unfortunately, there
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Throughout time, some methods used in capital punishment include crucifixion, breaking on the wheel, hanging, beheading, disembowelment, drawing, and quartering all of which results in the death of the offender (Mays & Winfree, 2009). Ancient Greeks and Romans used crucifixion, breaking on the wheel, and disembowelment as a method to provide the opportunity for someone to confess before the died. In the Middle Ages, hanging, beheading, disembowelment, drawing, and quartering was used to put political criminals to death. Lastly, people who committed crimes and they had no status, commonly referred to as commoners, were put to death “quickly by hanging or being impaled on a stake” (Mays & Winfree, 2009, p. 35).
Some early civilizations considered banishment a far worse punishment than death. The belief was if a person was required to stay away from all that they know like life, community, family, and friends, then it was better off to be dead. Also, later banishment became a way for criminals to get a reprieve from a death sentence as long as they agreed to be banished. Those people who agreed to deportation were required to be indentured servants, or they performed some other function during their banishment. Once deported a person could not
Throughout time, some methods used in capital punishment include crucifixion, breaking on the wheel, hanging, beheading, disembowelment, drawing, and quartering all of which results in the death of the offender (Mays & Winfree, 2009). Ancient Greeks and Romans used crucifixion, breaking on the wheel, and disembowelment as a method to provide the opportunity for someone to confess before the died. In the Middle Ages, hanging, beheading, disembowelment, drawing, and quartering was used to put political criminals to death. Lastly, people who committed crimes and they had no status, commonly referred to as commoners, were put to death “quickly by hanging or being impaled on a stake” (Mays & Winfree, 2009, p. 35).
Some early civilizations considered banishment a far worse punishment than death. The belief was if a person was required to stay away from all that they know like life, community, family, and friends, then it was better off to be dead. Also, later banishment became a way for criminals to get a reprieve from a death sentence as long as they agreed to be banished. Those people who agreed to deportation were required to be indentured servants, or they performed some other function during their banishment. Once deported a person could not