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A torture chamber in the reign of Julius Caesar. Eight men shackled in a dungeon; two others peer out a bar-covered window at the end of the room to converse with someone outside. There is not much information about the exact methods employed in Roman torture sessions. The artist took liberty in his interpretation as the strappado method is a medieval method. Romans did not use prisons as do we. The wealthy accused were kept under house arrest. The poor found justice swift and usually fatal. Actual prisons truly served as a holding place for those condemned to die. Engraving by Giorgio Ghisi, 16th century.