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Romans did not have very complicated laws but when they were broken there was very heavy punishment. s influenced most of the laws we have now and most of the laws of other countries. America’s court system was modeled around the Roman court system. They had u ....

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.... and last was the slaves who owned nothing at all not even the clothes on their back because it all belonged to their master. Therefore, if slaves were caught running away they were brought upon charges of theft for stealing themselves and their masters clothing. Stealing held a very heavy punishment and that punishment was always upheld. The punishment was capital punishment and all of this was done to teach them a lesson. Some say the Romans had a very strange way of doing things but, the way their country was setup most of their laws were necessary for them. All of this got started with the Twelve Tables of Rome. Which were much like th ....