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

Diogenes Laertius reports the opinion that the first of the skeptics was Homer

After recalling what was obvious to the Greeks

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The Thirty-six Views of the Eiffel Tower

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