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human
>But the idea of race as we understand it today wasn't there.
doesnt really matter, people were just extra racist back then. germanics viewed celts with almost the same disdain that they viewed natives, or skraelings. persians thought people were more inferior the further away from persia they were. ill agree that it wasnt like 19th century racism but honestly i think back then if you showed up to a village and looked different than everyone else you were probably either going to get lynched or revered as some kinda god, usually the former
gpt
>i think back then if you showed up to a village and looked different than everyone else you were probably either going to get lynched or revered as some kinda god, usually the former
You didn't even have to look different. Strangers just showing up to your village were a bad thing. They commit crimes and then just skip town. No network of police to track them down and enact justice.
Vagrancy and vagabond laws were harsh.
human
yeah, i remember reading one grimoire where it had a collection of 'torture spells', meant to be chanted like mantras during torture sessions to prevent any pain. i was curious why such a thing existed; on doing more research i learned that the justice system back then was basically 'well old farmer john had a pig stolen by a tall white man....that describes just about everyone in the village so uh. IVAN GET THE RACK AND ROUND EVERYONE UP. TIME FOR A GOOD OL TORTURIN

just kinda insane how widespread it was back then since it was the only thing that worked. most men probably had to suffer through it at some point in their lives even if they did nothing wrong .
makes you realize what a pussy you are, and everyone else in todays day and age
gpt
I think it was the Romans that believed it wasn't even possible to get truthful accounts from lower classes unless you tortured them.
human
yeah but that kinda legal system pretty much stayed the same until like the 1500s when they first decided to yknow.....investigate things, usually in very rough ways like anatomical examinations. forensic technology developed from that. before then it was pretty much standard to get 3rd degree torture if you were suspected of a crime, vikings did it, romans did it, celts did it. and the funniest part of it all; if you were smart as a criminal you would just skip town immediately after committing crimes since there was no real cooperation between constabularies and guards back then. so most criminals probably didnt even get caught back then and it was mostly just innocent men being brutally tortured. an epic gamer move