Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-227) and indexes.
The Bacchanalian affair -- Cicero, murder and the courts -- The trial of Cn. Calpurnius Piso in AD 20 -- Pliny and repetundae trials before the Senate -- Acta Martyrum Christianorum : the extension of torture -- Some trials for treason and magic in the fourth century -- Justinian the legislator -- Crime and punishment