The thinking of the people in the past are different from now especially in relation with the King or high ranked people. In the Kingdom, they have their own rules just like how we have laws today.
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Back in those times punishment was swift, very harsh, and usually administered in public settings so that potential wrongdoers were (hopefully) scared into NOT committing offenses in order to spare themselves the Horror of the punishment that would befall them if they were caught.
A glutton for punishment is someone who frequently chooses to put him/herself into difficult, often painful, situations.
it was much more cruel (and painful) then it is today. It was also "inhumane"
In the ancient kingdom, the punishment for theft that involves forty lashes is a severe flogging with a whip.
It's less painful than any other form of capital punishment.
the king s killed Louis and clark
Execution, enslavement, mutilation, whipping, banishment.
the same thing that they did. what goes around, comes around!
The punishment depended on the crime.
Move on, get a boyfriend of your own and be happy. =)
Ramaprasad Dasgupta has written: 'Crime and punishment in ancient India' -- subject(s): History, Crime and criminals, Punishment
The Roman scourge was a whip-like instrument used for punishment and torture in ancient times.
Crucifixion was a form of capital punishment in ancient Rome.