The Rules of Condemnation to the Mines in Imperial Rome
The Rules of Condemnation to the Mines in Imperial Rome

Summary/Abstract: Forced labour in the mines was often inflicted as a punishment in imperial Rome. What was the position of this penalty in the Roman penal system? What different degrees of this punishment were there? Who were condemned to the mines? What procedural rules had to be observed when this punishment was inflicted? What were the legal consequences of the condemnation? What was the legal position of the children of the convicted women? What were the living conditions in the mines? What do we know about the period of this penalty? What happened if a convict received a pardon? The paper tries to answer these questions on the basis of the primary sources.

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