deditio in fidem 33
Legal figure of Roman Law that was applied to a city or collective subjected after offering resistance: Unconditional surrender that gave rise to a city or stipendary tribe. The alternative was the deditio in dictionem, surrender in rebellion, which meant that Rome could raze the city, execute its leaders, and sell its inhabitants into slavery.
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