Julius Caesar: The Rise Of Torture In Rome

However, the early Romans had some human dignity under Julius Caesar and only tortured the people who he defeated in battle to try and put fear into the eyes of fellow enemies that might try and face him and his empire (“The Rise of Torture” 2). Torture has a way of putting fear into the minds of people that nothing else can. No one wants to be pushed to their limits in pain. There are multiple reasons that torture was the choice of action against people. The Romans grew very thirsty when it came to torture and eventually tortured nearly everyone from religious reasons to entertainment (“The Rise of Torture” 2). They enjoyed watching people suffer and bleed to the point that they decided to make a game out of it and bring the public to watch it. In 264 B.C. the Romans held their first gladiator event and used prisoners as their guinea pigs (“The Rise of Torture” 2). The people loved it and it became widely popular throughout the Roman Empire. These events required a huge amount of prisoners and eventually they needed an alternative source and resorted to slaves, but the people were very hard to please and the games quickly became a slaughterhouse sending up to a 1000 or more slaves to fight ferocious animals that typically just ripped them apart (“The Rise of Torture” 2). The …show more content…
Most have to deal with human dignity or against most types of religions. Torture should never be used in everyday crime interrogations unless multiple people are at risk. People have rights and they should be given their rights. Some people think that letting the government torture people gives them too much power to handle and that things could quickly get out of hand (Gushee 3). This may or may not be true. “Torture dehumanizes the torturer,” meaning that the person might actually start enjoying it (Gushee 3). People could come up with reasons that state why torture is wrong every day, but that does not change the fact that it is vital in vital