Sometimes penalties were differentiated according to social class, thus for certain crimes which in the case of slaves would involve execution, free men or freedmen were condemned to fight in the arena instead. ... They were generally derived from the lowest ranking category of free persons, namely the freedman who had themselves been slaves or were the son of slaves. ... Their schools were situated in favorable climates, and equipped with first class doctors. ... Many of these men, were merely prisoners herded into the arena, but various classes of professional gladiators likewise came from t...

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The Early Law Prior to the Twelve Tables, the law of Rome was religious in character, and its interpretation rested with priests, who were members of the patrician class. ... He later received the title, imperator, from which was derived the word "emperor." ...

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The priestly class, under the leadership of Ezra, a priest and a scribe, also undertook to revise, or rewrite the stories of the people, editing the Pentateuch to reveal the hand of God. ... The Machabees's ancestors derived from the Hashmon who is also known as the Hasmoneans or Asmoneans. ...

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