PICTURES FROM HISTORY: Rare Images Of War, History , WW2, Nazi Germany: Ancient Roman Law allowed Husband to Execute wife

Incredible Ancient Roman Law allowed husband to execute wife (WESTERN DATA GENESIS / GEMINI AI) : Yes, under specific circumstances and during certain periods, Roman law allowed a husband or father to execute a wife for adultery. This right was heavily regulated, particularly by the Lex Julia de Adulteriis (18 BCE) introduced by Emperor Augustus.

Key Aspects of Roman Law Regarding Execution of Wives:

· Adultery (In Flagrante Delicto): A husband could legally kill his wife's lover if he caught them in the act (in flagrante delicto) in his own house, but the law did not generally allow him to directly kill his wife.

· Father's Authority (Patria Potestas): The legal authority to kill an adulterous woman was historically vested in her father (if she was still under his power), who could kill both his daughter and her lover if caught in his or the husband's house.

· Restrictions on Husband: A husband who killed his wife for adultery, rather than her lover, could be charged with murder, although his punishment might be lighter than that of a common murderer.

· Alternative Penalties: Instead of execution, a convicted adulteress was often banished (relegata) to an island, lost half her dowry, and suffered from infamia (loss of social/legal standing).

· Evolution of Law: Early Roman custom (under manus marriage) gave husbands near-absolute authority, including the ability to punish or kill a wife for serious offenses like drunkenness or adultery. By the time of the Empire (Augustan laws), this power was moved to public courts, although the right to kill under specific conditions (in flagrante) remained.

Christian Era: Later, under Christian emperors like Constantine, the penalties for adultery became stricter, with the death penalty for adultery being re-confirmed or, in some interpretations, returning the right to the husband to kill the adulterous wife.

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Quotes about war....

"War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man."
--Napoleon Hill

"We have failed to grasp the fact that mankind is becoming a single unit, and that for a unit to fight against itself is suicide."
--Havelock Ellis

'Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."
--Mao Tse-Tung (1893 - 1976)

"I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in."
--George McGovern

"The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic."
--Joseph Stalin

In war, truth is the first casualty.
-- Aeschylus

"The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery."
--Clarence Darrow, Resist Not Evil

"The victor will never be asked if he told the truth."
--Adolf Hitler

"To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization."
--George Orwell

"Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country."
--Bertrand Russell

Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself.
--Francis Meehan

Snippets From History

German Soldiers in Russia: Part 1

Hubert Menzel was a major in the General Operations Department of the OKH (the Oberkommando des Heers, the German Army headquarters), and for him the idea of invading the Soviet Union in 1941 had the smack of cold, clear logic to it: 'We knew that in two years' time, that is by the end of 1942, beginning of 1943, the English would be ready, the Americans would be ready, the Russians would be ready too, and then we would have to deal with all three of them at the same time.... We had to try to remove the greatest threat from the East.... At the time it seemed possible.'

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Battle for Berlin, 1945

'We started to fire at the masses,' says one former German machine gunner. 'They weren't human beings for us. It was a wall of attacking beasts who were trying to kill us. You yourself were no longer human.'

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Berlin after it fell to the Russians, 1945

"Vladlen Anchishkin, a Soviet battery commander on the 1st Ukrainian Front, sums up the horror of the whole event, when he tells how he took personal revenge on German soldiers: 'I can admit it now, I was in such a state, I was in such a frenzy. I said, 'Bring them here for an interrogation' and I had a knife, and I cut him. I cut a lot of them. I thought, 'You wanted to kill me, now it's your turn.'
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Dramatic Pictures: Battle For Stalingrad

"...Effective command no longer possible... further defense senseless. Collapse inevitable. Army requests immediate permission to surrender in order to save lives of remaining troops."
General Paulus' radio message to Hitler on January 24, 1943
"...Capitulation is impossible. The 6th Army will do its historic duty at Stalingrad until the last man, the last bullet..."
Hitler's response to General Friedrich Paulus' request to withdraw from the city