Introduction 

Have you ever wondered how crime and punishment has evolved throughout history?Read this text to find out about Romans , Anglo Saxons,Tudors,Victorians and World War Two.Find out how some of these punishments are the same just with different names. You will see how some of these can be compared modern time. Such as the camps in victorians are just like concentration camps which are located in china. People send people called refugee’s. A lot of these punishments are despicable and outrageous.

Romans

Ever wanted to know about the gorinesses of the Roman punishments? What was the most common crime?Well It was theft ,there was a reason for it  most of the times this happened ,which was everyday,the most common reason was because the majority of them were poor and had no money and because they had no money they could not buy food for their families so they risked their self by stealing.Another crime that happened way to much was murder.  Murder happened way to much than it was supposed to. If you count be heading and hanging as murder, than the murder level has just raised up by a lot.One of the punishments was you had to were wooden slacks or shoes so it was harder to escape ( this was for slaves).

 

Anglo Saxons

serious crimes such as murder or treason, would have been a result to certain death or walking for nine feet on hot coal’s probably even putting you’re hand in boiling water to grab a stone at a bottom of a pot.Then, I they would rap up your hand and after three days dips it was still blistered they would kill you. Petty crimes such as theft you would have to pay a fine which you would not be able to afford unless you were rich. For fighting you would have to pay a fine such as twenty shillings (pounds).

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