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Abstract: »Whereas previous scholarship in Classics has focused almost exclusively on sexual violence in the context of siege warfare, this chapter argues that the Romans of the late Republic and early Empire used sexual violence as a weapon of war at strategic stages of open warfare as well as in siege warfare. Roman generals and soldiers alike ordered and/or perpetrated sexual violence, thus suggesting that the use of such violence was systemic, and ultimately enabled Romans to defeat and enslave their enemies more readily. Furthermore, sexual violence was also used for symbolic purposes and was understood by the Romans to indicate a change in status from free to enslaved since, as their status evolved, enslaved people were subject to whatever treatment their captors deemed fit. This chapter uses scholarship on recent examples of sexual violence to illuminate aspects of such violence which, because of the nature of our sources, are not fully addressed.« (Source: Brill)

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	1 Introduction (p. 304)
	2 (p. )
	3 The Rules of War and Military Control in Captive-Taking (p. 308)
	4 (p. )
	5 Chiomara (p. 315)
	6 (p. )
	7 Conclusion (p. 322)
	Acknowledgements (p. 323)
	Works Cited (p. 323)

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