a question

[Anonymous]

are there any random fact about the roman army<br>
like ones you wouldnt expect??<br>
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[Anonymous]

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>
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[Praefectusclassis]

And the most surprising thing of course is, that we still haven't found a reference for that nose-chopping business! <p>Greets<BR>
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Jasper</p><i></i>

[richsc]

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
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[Anonymous]

The only one I ever saw was on the History Channel.<br>
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Say, you don't think they got that idea from some statue with its nose broken off...<br>
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E EM <p><BR><p align=center><font color=gold><font size=3>
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[Guest]

Salve,<br>
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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>
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Regards,<br>
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Sander van Dorst <p></p><i></i>