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When did terroristic threatening become a thing? What was the equivalent throughout history like in Roman days and so forth? Could you actually get arrested for something like that back then? (lemmy.world)
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I am sure it was different back then but how did it evolve from just hurtful speech to something you can get arrested for? Is there like a time line of cases or incidents or something????

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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

Pre-modern societies often took words very seriously. The Romans didn't have a robust sense of being arrested, per se, but purely verbal harassment and threats were treated the same as physical battery that didn't cause permanent injury - as a cause for a lawsuit and fines/damages to be taken from the offending party.