Here are some examples that show that the Romans were very severe, even with their own. The Roman soldiers can be assumed to have been doing their jobs properly.
In Acts 12,
when Peter escaped from the jail, because of the angel, Herod executed guards:
19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death.
--Acts 12:19
In Acts 16 guard was about to execute himself when the prison doors were opened:
And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
--Acts 16:27-28
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