https://padlet.com/esben_ben/2qf6t5wxv62j Source Criticism en-us 2017-04-26 08:40:05 UTC 2025-10-31 12:05:41 UTC hello@padlet.com josefine_rhn https://padlet.com/esben_ben/2qf6t5wxv62j/wish/168313394 The freedom of the individual

The power of the males. - fathers could sell their sons 3 times.

The degree of the sentence depends on the time of day.

They were very religious - "No burial or cremation of a corpse shall take place in a city".

There is very strict rules about the handling of the corpse. "When a corpse is prepared for burial at home, not more than three women with their heads covered with mourning veils shall be permitted to perform this service. The body may be enveloped in purple robes, and when borne outside, ten flute players, at the most, shall accompany the funeral procession".

theft and killing are some of the worst things you could do, and its often related to death

The women had to be the back bone of the family. "Women shall not during a funeral lacerate their faces, or tear their cheeks with their nails; nor shall they utter loud cries bewailing the dead".


Anyone who, knowingly and maliciously, burns a building, or a heap of grain left near a building, after having been placed in chains and scourged, shall be put to death by fire.^[ 

They were very strict about their human race.

A father shall immediately put to death a son recently born, who is a monster, or has a form different from that of members of the human race.












]]> 2017-04-26 09:09:23 UTC https://padlet.com/esben_ben/2qf6t5wxv62j/wish/168313394 jeppemessiandersen https://padlet.com/esben_ben/2qf6t5wxv62j/wish/168313479 The rights of the individual depends on your social status, which is the case in law V, table II]]> 2017-04-26 09:09:57 UTC https://padlet.com/esben_ben/2qf6t5wxv62j/wish/168313479 https://padlet.com/esben_ben/2qf6t5wxv62j/wish/168313759 The Romans are big fans of death penalty/capital punishment. (Table 7, Law 8)

Religion: The Romans wanted to keep the gods satisfied by making sacrifices. "...shall be sacrificed to Ceres" (Law 7, table 3) 

Property: You should repsect others property. (Table 6, law 8)

Suppression of women: Women shall not make sound during funerals. They should shut up (Table 10, law 8). 

Fair trials (Table 9, law 3)]]> 2017-04-26 09:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/esben_ben/2qf6t5wxv62j/wish/168313759 jeppemessiandersen https://padlet.com/esben_ben/2qf6t5wxv62j/wish/168313881 If you were born with an illness or disabled you were seen as a monster - and the family should put you to death (Table IV, law III)]]> 2017-04-26 09:12:23 UTC https://padlet.com/esben_ben/2qf6t5wxv62j/wish/168313881 jeppemessiandersen https://padlet.com/esben_ben/2qf6t5wxv62j/wish/168314221 Table VI, Law II]]> 2017-04-26 09:14:30 UTC https://padlet.com/esben_ben/2qf6t5wxv62j/wish/168314221 https://padlet.com/esben_ben/2qf6t5wxv62j/wish/168314623 They had a lot of pride and this is shown in the law VIII:
When anyone publicly abuses another in a loud voice, or writes a poem for the purpose of insulting him, or rendering him infamous, he shall be beaten with a rod until he dies.

They were also very religious shown in the law III:
Anyone who, by means of incantations and magic arts, prevents grain or crops of any kind belonging to another from growing, shall be sacrificed to Ceres.

It was their laws so therefore it's a good source. Because it was their actual laws.



]]> 2017-04-26 09:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/esben_ben/2qf6t5wxv62j/wish/168314623 jeppemessiandersen https://padlet.com/esben_ben/2qf6t5wxv62j/wish/168315067 The father had the right to sell his son to slavery if nescessary (Table IV, law I/II)]]> 2017-04-26 09:20:01 UTC https://padlet.com/esben_ben/2qf6t5wxv62j/wish/168315067 https://padlet.com/esben_ben/2qf6t5wxv62j/wish/168315136 The father had the rights to sell and kill his son. The father had to kill the son if he was born with a disability or looks different.

crimes were judged differently depending on if the crime was committed during day or night (at night you could legally kill 
a thief)

they sacrificed to Ceres]]> 2017-04-26 09:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/esben_ben/2qf6t5wxv62j/wish/168315136