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Domestic violence was endemic in the Roman world. Rome was a slave-owning, patriarchal, militarized culture in which violence (potential and actual) signaled power and control. Tragically, but ...

Matthew Chapman attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing in election and policy coverage.

Ancient China once had a legal system filled with unusual and often harsh punishments that would seem shocking today. Historical records show that some laws targeted behaviour that modern societies ...