▁I , ▁Holy ▁Roman ▁Emperor , ▁issued ▁an ▁ed ict ▁against ▁the ▁Roman i , ▁ordering ▁" that ▁all ▁adult ▁males ▁were ▁to ▁be ▁h anged ▁without ▁trial , ▁whereas ▁women ▁and ▁young ▁males ▁were ▁to ▁be ▁f log ged ▁and ▁ban ished ▁forever ." ▁In ▁addition , ▁in ▁the ▁kingdom ▁of ▁Boh emia , ▁Roman i ▁men ▁were ▁to ▁have ▁their ▁right ▁ears ▁cut ▁off ; ▁in ▁the ▁March ▁of ▁Mor avia , ▁the ▁left ▁ear ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁cut ▁off . ▁In ▁other ▁parts ▁of ▁Austria , ▁they ▁would ▁be ▁brand ed ▁on ▁the ▁back ▁with ▁a ▁brand ing ▁iron , ▁representing ▁the ▁gall ows . ▁These ▁m util ations ▁enabled ▁authorities ▁to ▁identify ▁the ▁individuals ▁as ▁Roman i ▁on ▁their ▁second ▁arrest . ▁The ▁ed ict ▁encourag ed ▁local ▁officials ▁to ▁h unt ▁down ▁Roman i ▁in ▁their ▁areas ▁by ▁lev ying ▁a ▁fine ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 ▁Reich st hal er ▁on ▁those ▁who ▁failed ▁to ▁do ▁so . ▁Anyone ▁who ▁helped ▁Roman i ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁pun ished ▁by ▁doing ▁forced ▁labor ▁for ▁half ▁a ▁year . ▁The ▁result ▁was ▁mass ▁kill ings ▁of ▁Roman i ▁across ▁the ▁Holy ▁Roman ▁emp ire . ▁In ▁ 1 7 2 1 , ▁Charles ▁VI ▁am ended ▁the ▁dec ree ▁to ▁include ▁the ▁execution ▁of ▁adult ▁female ▁Roman i , ▁while ▁children ▁were ▁" to ▁be ▁put ▁in ▁hosp it als ▁for ▁education ". ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 7 4 , ▁Maria ▁Ther esa ▁of ▁Austria ▁issued ▁an ▁ed