Schending van oorlogsdoden in de oudheid: een misdaad?

Translated title of the contribution: Violation of war dead in antiquity: a crime?

Welmoet Wels, Reinier Wels

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Abstract

War dead had a special status in antiquity, just as the bodies of the dead are protected by the laws of war in the present day. How did the ancients view violation of the bodies of the war dead? Did the concept of 'war crime' exist for such violations?
Translated title of the contributionViolation of war dead in antiquity: a crime?
Original languageDutch
Pages (from-to)117-128
Number of pages12
JournalKleio: Tijdschrift voor oude talen en antieke cultuur
Volume49
Issue number3-4
Publication statusPublished - 2020

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