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There's a Roman inscription memorializing a Roman soldier/centurion who worked in a prison. Would this be a military prison? Did Roman prisons hold more than a few very high-value prisoners (Vercingetorix )? What do we know about Roman prisoners and how prisoners were treated?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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