It prohibits the government from issuing excessive bail, excessive fines or cruel and unusual punishments.
Athens reached its democratic zenith under the leadership of "<span>b. Pericles," since Pericles was one of the region's greatest advocates for citizen participation. </span>
The least punishment people would recieve if they were drunk in thr middle ages was shame. In other words, they were looked down upon.
The answer is history, dude.