11-20-2001, 12:25 PM
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>
<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>
