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Show Roman Punishments rhe following punishments were Dieted out to the offender in ancient J'-onie: The mulcta. or fine; vincula. '"airisonnicnt or fetters; vpibcra. or 'rilies; t:;l io. or Infliction of punish-" punish-" t similar to Injury, i. e., limb for a li:nh; infamia, public disgrace, by liir-h the delinquent, besides being Scandalized, was rendered incapable "f holding public oflice and dcpri.vod 4 other privileges of lioinr.a .iri;:en- ship; exllium, banishment; death, either civil or natural. Natural death was brought about by beheading, scourging, strangling, or throwing the criminal headlong from the Tarpeian rock, or from a place In a prison, from the Kobur. |