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a question - Anonymous - 11-04-2001 are there any random fact about the roman army<br> like ones you wouldnt expect??<br> <p></p><i></i> Re: a question - Anonymous - 11-04-2001 The rule about Roman soldiers getting their noses cut off for raping women was kind of shock. <p><BR><p align=center><font color=gold><font size=3> __________________<BR> CASCA TARQUINIUS<BR> <a href=http://www.legio-ix-hispana.org> LEGIO IX HISPANA</font></font><BR><font color=gold><font size=3> __________________</font></font></p><i></i> Re: a question - Praefectusclassis - 11-04-2001 And the most surprising thing of course is, that we still haven't found a reference for that nose-chopping business! <p>Greets<BR> <BR> Jasper</p><i></i> Re: a question - richsc - 11-05-2001 yes, and the nose chopping bit is repeated in current fiction about Rome, from the children's mysteries by Carolyn Lawrence to Lindsay Allason-Jones "Roman Women". Is there a reference to it somewhere? <p>Aulus<br> Legio XX </p><i></i> Re: a question - Anonymous - 11-05-2001 The only one I ever saw was on the History Channel.<br> <br> Say, you don't think they got that idea from some statue with its nose broken off...<br> <br> E EM <p><BR><p align=center><font color=gold><font size=3> __________________<BR> CASCA TARQUINIUS<BR> <a href=http://www.legio-ix-hispana.org> LEGIO IX HISPANA</font></font><BR><font color=gold><font size=3> __________________</font></font></p><i></i> Re: a question - Guest - 11-20-2001 Salve,<br> <br> Cutting off of the nose as a punishment for rape is derived from the military laws of Rufus, a collection of regulations preserved in a Byzantine legal corpus (Brandt, <i> Roman military law</i>, page 142 iirc).<br> <br> Regards,<br> <br> Sander van Dorst <p></p><i></i> |