Superstition and Force Essays on the Wager of Law, the Wager of Battle, the Ordeal, Torture
CHAPTER II.
GREECE AND ROME.
Usages of torture in Greece 432 Rome—freemen not liable under Republic 434 Cæsarism extends the use of torture 435 Limited by Inscription and the _Lex Talionis_ 439 Torture of witnesses 440 Liability of slaves to torture 441 Limitations on use of torture 444 Value of evidence under torture 446