chrisdq Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 in some third world countries today, prisoners are not fed. you must have people outside of the prison caring for you or you will die in prison of starvation. was this a practice in ancient rome as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvadius Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 in some third world countries today, prisoners are not fed. you must have people outside of the prison caring for you or you will die in prison of starvation. was this a practice in ancient rome as well? Chrisdq, We had a thread recently about Roman Prisons in the Republican period which you may find at least partly answers your question. I suspect the answer is that in most instances people would not remain in the prisons for very long before a decision was made to either execute them or else in the case of prisoner's of war to sell them as slaves or gladiators at which point they would become someone else's problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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