02-06-2015, 04:28 PM
How did the Roman army secure prisoners taken in battle? Is there any evidence for Roman 'prisoner of war camps'? - what might they have looked like, if they existed?
Barbarian prisoners could have been sold as slaves, but what about those captured in civil war battles? They were citizens, so couldn't be enslaved - assuming they didn't want to change sides, what might the victors have done with them all?
Barbarian prisoners could have been sold as slaves, but what about those captured in civil war battles? They were citizens, so couldn't be enslaved - assuming they didn't want to change sides, what might the victors have done with them all?
Nathan Ross