Did you know that many of our modern laws system from ancient Rome? That might not be true about drunken chariot driving, or DCD laws, but it holds true for many other ares... For example if you ran someone over drunk in your chariot you could be hauled into court. A jury would be selected and you would have to pay fines and/or be punished. Sound familiar? The only diference, besides not having cars, was that they only had civil court. Somebody had to sue for damages. We can thank the ancient roman military for many of our military court systems too. Not to mention that we can thank them for that fancy statue of the blind lady, all though to them it was more about fortune being blind, not necessarily justice.
I wonder if they had the first DUI trial too? You could have taken someone to court for running over your goat while driving their cart drunk!
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