Introduction
For thousands of years ,humans have used punishments to stop criminals from doing crimes.The punishments are thought to be cruel and harsh these days ,however back in the Romans time period they thought it was fair.Throughout time the punishments got better then immediate death ,to paying fines.So all these year’s punishments were used to deal with criminals.I will be talking about five time periods that used punishments for crimes: Romans,Anglo-Saxons/Vikings,Tudors,Victorians and World War 2.
Roman punishments
In the middle of 500BC to 400 AD the Romans ruled most of the civilised world( are people who are educated from the past ,their mistakes or history.Naturally the army of Rome grew their strength because of all the cities and country’s the took over.The most common crime is theft ,in the early Roman time they would of dealt it with death or flogging(getting whipped or canned).Back then lot’s of people came to Rome because you can get a good amount of money because there are so many people that you could sell a lot of items.The reason of crime is because their are so many people that are poor(about 45million)that there are hungry and thirsty and cold that they steal from other people who have these things.
Anglo-Saxons punishments
In 410CE (common era) it was the Anglo-Saxon period.The most common crime was petty theft that ,it was when a person steals a piece of bread. It is like a little pointless crime.However, there are some big crimes that you would be punished badly like treason, that wold be dealt with hanging.For some crimes people would go to a trial, called trial of Ordeal.There are three things that might happen walking on hot coals, holding or people putting burning hot metal or putting your hand on boiling water.Then they will wait three days and if your wound dose not heal you are guilty.It works by belief not by facts.
Tudor Punishments
Around 1485 to 1603CE there were people called Tudors.The Tudors had people in some villages and towns called ‘Parish Constables’ they keep peace and they used to catch criminals, so they were like a police. The laws were very strict and most crimes were punished severely. They thought that if people saw the harsh punishments then no one would try to do crimes. One of the most common punishment was whipping, however for wealthy people they would pay a fine with shilling(Tudor money) or they might also get whipped. Another common punishment was branding (burned), when a person puts hot iron on you that will leave a mark on you. They might brand you with a m if you committed murder.
