Captifs et captivité dans le monde romain. Discours littéraire et iconographique (IIIe siècle av. J.-C. - IIe siècle ap. J.-C.) Architecture – paysage Letters Section

Letters Section

After recalling what was obvious to the Greeks

et est une invitation à découvrir en images

to make an assessment of the scientific potential of its archaeological field

he finally provides a vast bibliography and a general index of the names of places

Captifs et captivité dans le monde romain. Discours littéraire et iconographique (IIIe siècle av. J.-C. - IIe siècle ap. J.-C.) Architecture – paysage Letters SectionFor 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