"For you know well that by punishing a few for what has been done in the past you will improve the discipline of many among those who have to face danger in the future." - Lysias. Against Alcibiades 2. Speech 15. Section 9.
Image: Detail of the altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus at The Louvre courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Note: This is a detail from a bas relief dated to the end of the 2nd century BCE of Roman citizens registering for the census and, for those who qualified, admitted to the army. The Romans used the census to determine an individual's tax status and qualification for either the Senate or the army based on his reported property. (I have selected the scene illustrating the purification of those selected for the army). The consequences were severe if a citizen attempted to avoid his tax share by failing to provide an accurate record of his property and dodged military service.
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