Classical Studies 2301A/B Lecture Notes - Denarius, Parricide, Victims Family

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2301A/B
• Professor: Randall Pogorzelski

Document Summary

Lecture 1: introduction to crime and punishment in ancient greece and. Issue of double jeopardy once claudius had been tried, he could not be tried again on the same charge for the same crime, even if he was only acquitted by a technicality. The punishment, in this case, was initially execution; but ultimately, it was a fine both of which are punishments in modern courts. The charge was treason also a modern crime: differences between ancient rome and modern crime/punishment. Although this crime was a war crime, it was tried in the same courts as any other crime. Trial held outdoors in a forum before a formal assembly of roman people, rather than in a courtroom in the presence of a jury. In some sense, murder in classical athens and rome was not seen as a crime murderers were analogous to criminals, but they had a different relationship with the law.