Condemnation to the mines

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Condemnation to the mines (Latin : Ad metalla, "to the mines") was a punishment that was most notably applied to senior Christian figures in the early Christian period in the Roman Empire, [1] when it was called "Damnatio ad metalla". [2] It was also applied to slaves, war captives and criminals. [3] Both Tertullian and Cyprian described it as a type of prolonged killing. [4]

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Notable figures who were punished with condemnation to the mines:

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  1. ↑ https://carolashby.com/crime-and-punishment-in-the-roman-empire
  2. ↑ https://carolashby.com/crime-and-punishment-in-the-roman-empire
  3. ↑ https://library.biblicalarchaeology.org/article/condemned-to-the-mines
  4. ↑ Beggio, Tommaso (2017). "Note in tema di condanna 'ad tempus' nelle 'damnationes ad metalla'" (PDF). Annali del Seminario Giuridico (in Italian). LX. Turin: G. Giappichelli Editore: 26. ISSN   1972-8441 . Retrieved 22 May 2022. Tertullian […] describes the state of desperation in which these men found themselves […] equally intense and crude are Cyprian's depictions […] The testimonies of these two authors, moreover, confirm how damnatio ad metalla represented the typical punishment imposed on Christians […] damnatio ad metalla was equated with prolonged death
  5. ↑ https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12229b.htm
  6. ↑ https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2019/10/14/102970-hieromartyr-silvanus-of-gaza
  7. ↑ https://portal.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/E00384_Eusebius_Martyrs_of_Palestine_includes_the_story_of_Peleus_Neilos_Patermouthios_and_Elias_martyrs_of_Palestine_S00197_Written_in_311_in_Caesarea_Palestine_written_in_Greek_but_parts_of_the_text_survive_only_in_Syriac_/13745770

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