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Mandatory torture for slaves

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Mosaic showing a master beating a slave
Mosaic showing a master beating a slave

In a situation where the Roman slave could only determine whether the accused was guilty or not, he had to be subjected to mandatory torture. Only such testimony of a slave was considered true and certain.