Standard punishment for a rebellious city.

What was the standard punishment for a rebellious city, was it simply the execution and replacement of city leaders or was retribution ever paid onto the citizenry as well?
 
Depends on which era this is and how severe the rebellion is really.

Late antiquity, failed rebellion by a recently conquered city. Recent being within the last decade or decade and a half.

Rebellion aided by a foreign power if that would help with the severity.
 
Late antiquity, failed rebellion by a recently conquered city. Recent being within the last decade or decade and a half.

Rebellion aided by a foreign power if that would help with the severity.
Largely depends on the context then.If the Romans are in a strong position,they'd sell the populace to slavery.If their position is quite weak and there are other cities where the rebellion continued,I'd assume they'd reduce the penalty for the city in hopes of getting the submission of the other cities.
 
Largely depends on the context then.If the Romans are in a strong position,they'd sell the populace to slavery.If their position is quite weak and there are other cities where the rebellion continued,I'd assume they'd reduce the penalty for the city in hopes of getting the submission of the other cities.

The entirety of the city or just enough to make a strong example?
The city in question has a population of a few hundred thousand.
 
The entirety of the city or just enough to make a strong example?
The city in question has a population of a few hundred thousand.
Look at Carthage and Jerusalem,the Romans have no qualms about doing that.If it's a newly conquered city that didn't seem to be quite profitable because of constant rebellions,then they might just do that.If it's actually quite profitable like Antioch,I'd assume they'd just kill/enslave enough just to make an example out of them.
 

Swordman

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What was the standard punishment for a rebellious city, was it simply the execution and replacement of city leaders or was retribution ever paid onto the citizenry as well?

The Romans would surround the city and give the people once chance to surrender. If this was refused, the legions would take the city by storm, kill all the men and sell the women & children as slaves.

Mike Garrity
 
The Romans would surround the city and give the people once chance to surrender. If this was refused, the legions would take the city by storm, kill all the men and sell the women & children as slaves.

Mike Garrity
Not necessarily,especially in the late Antiquity where Roman strength is pretty weak.When Majorian conquered Lugdunum from the rebels,he only fined the city heavily,he didn't kill all the men and sell the rest to slavery.
 
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