Soldiers, Infantry, being paid their wages by the Roman government, while the Cavalry are seen fending for themselves

Example of Beheading, a Roman military punishment carried out by the use of a axe or sword

Example of a Roman military punishment for Adultery, where the feet of the soldier were tied to two branches of trees bent down, which being suddenly let free, tore the offender apart.

The Roman miliary punishment of Humiliation either by taking away the Military Belt or Girdle or by making the offender do a task that is beneath them, more a temporary or part of a punishment

A Roman soldier being dismissed or discharged from the Roman Military

Roman military punishment showing the breaking of the legs of slaves or persons of an inferiour level.

Example of two types of beating in Roman military punishment showing a beating either by sticks or rods

Beer Street by William Hogarth

Engraving: scene from Sterne's Tristram

Example of a Roman military punishment, soldiers being sold into slavery and servitude

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Scene from Sterne's Tristram Shandy {Paulson 233}: Dr. Slop, Toby Shandy, Walter Shandy and Corporal Trim

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Roman military punishment showing the breaking of the legs of slaves or persons of an inferiour level.

Hogarth's Marriage a la mode, The Quack Doctor's Studio

Engraving: scene from Sterne's Tristram

Example of two types of beating in Roman military punishment showing a beating either by sticks or rods

The Roman miliary punishment of Humiliation either by taking away the Military Belt or Girdle or by making the offender do a task that is beneath them, more a temporary or part of a punishment

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William Hogarth

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Roman military punishment showing the breaking of the legs of slaves or persons of an inferiour level.

Hogarth's Marriage a la mode, The Quack Doctor's Studio

Engraving: scene from Sterne's Tristram

Example of two types of beating in Roman military punishment showing a beating either by sticks or rods

The Roman miliary punishment of Humiliation either by taking away the Military Belt or Girdle or by making the offender do a task that is beneath them, more a temporary or part of a punishment

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