Violence In Ancient Rome: An Analysis

As early as the 2nd Century, violence and oppression of the “inferior kind” already existed. F. Zabeeth noted in his book, “What is in a Name?”, that in Ancient Rome, Romans were not given names, besides being treated as slaves. They were only given numbers as their identification, and this, Bosmajian (1983) claimed, is a clear negation of their existence as human beings (University of Washington, 2015). Thus, this historical phenomenon gave birth to an early form of violence and oppression. Entertainment today exists in many forms, but in the 16th Century, a rather unusual form of entertainment was practiced in Paris – cat-burning. Davies (as cited by Pinker, 2007) asserted that the spectators of this form of entertainment, including the royalties, laughed hard as they witnessed cats being burned to death. Perhaps during those times, the people were not yet aware that animals do have their rights, too. If this would be practiced at the present time, it would gain a lot of condemnations, since all forms of violence are highly discouraged by everyone nowadays. In August 17, 1938, a Nazi decree stipulating the Jews to use only those first names approved by the Ministry of the Inferior was enacted. Furthermore, the Nazis also labeled the …show more content…
Like violence, alienation has several types, too. One can be alienated by not being able to fit-in into an unfamiliar environment. This usually happens in school-settings involving student-transferees. There are also cases when people feel alienated when they visit a place or a country foreign to them. One may not be able understand the official language of the place visited, and this is an overt manifestation of alienation, though nobody intended to alienate the foreigner. Therefore, when language is used, be it intentional or unintentional, the concept of linguistic alienation