Captured women and children

[M. Demetrius]

Cpatured Women ansd childs will be treated in a cruel way is that right

I'm assuming you're asking a question, whether your observation that women and children would have been treated cruelly, and that "right" is asking for whether your assumption is correct. I'm certain it would be considered cruel, the treatment they would have received at the hands of the victorious army. But not just Romans. Other cultures raped, pillaged, slaughtered civilian survivors also.

Was it "right" as in, "just"? I'd say NO, but they would wonder what was the matter with me. That was just how things happened. To protect your innocents, you had to win the battle.

FTR, that horrendous practice continues in many parts of the world right up to today. I could cite several examples, but that would be modern politics, and forbidden on this board. It's still not right in my book, but nobody much cares about my book, except me.