Roman Slavery

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Roman Slavery
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Slave Auction

• Slaves were bought and sold at a market. Usually
  they were captured prisoners of war. A healthy
  male brought 8000 sesterces, whereas a pretty
  girl could be sold for as much as 200,000
  sesterces. The contract usually stipulated a no
  return policy, except for epilepsy.

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Buying Freedom

• A crafty slave would save during servitude.
• If he pleased his master, he could buy his
  freedom.
• Many would stay as secretaries or as paid
  employees.
• Emperor Claudius paid freed slaves in the
  bureaucracy of the imperial government.

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Life of a Slave

• Cooks
• Nurses
• Masseurs
• Midwives
• tutors
• Doctors
• Accountants
• Miners
• Gladiators
• Road builders

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Revolt

• In the year 73 BC, the slave Spartacus, a
  gladiator, staged a revolt in Capua. He and his
  rebel comrades defeated two Roman armies, and at
  one point his army numbered 90,000 men. In the
  year 72 he defeated 3 more Roman armies. When he
  reached Cisalpine Gaul, he wanted to end the
  revolt, but his men preferred to plunder Italy.
  So he marched south, defeated two more armies,
  and desolated the entire southern end of the
  Italian boot. He was finally caught by Crassus in
  71 at Lucania, and all rebels were put to death
  by crucifixion.

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Servi vinum portant et fundunt
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Servi vinum portant et fundunt

• Servi vinum portabant et fundebant

Servi vinum portaverunt et fuderunt
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Servus iuvenis est in culina
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Servus iuvenis est in culina
Servus iuvenis erat in culina
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Servi cenam portant
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Servi cenam portant
Servi cenam portabant
Servi cenam portaverunt
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Dominus servum pulsat
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Dominus servum pulsat
Dominus servum pulsabat
Dominus servum pulsavit
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Servi sunt captivi
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Servi sunt captivi
Servi erant captivi
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Ancillae dominam parant
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Ancillae dominam parant
Ancillae dominam parabant
Ancillae dominam paraverunt
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Ancilla dominum delectat!
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Ancilla dominum delectat!
Ancilla dominum delectabat!
Ancilla dominum delectavit!
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Libertas est bona quod servus est libertus!
The Roman goddess of freedom. Originally as
goddess of personal freedom, she later became the
goddess of the Roman commonwealth. She had
temples on the Aventine Hill and the Forum.
Libertas was depicted on many Roman coins as a
female figure with a pileus (a felt cap, worn by
slaves when they were set free), a wreath of
laurels and a spear.
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Libertas est bona quod servus est libertus!
Libertas erat bona quod servus erat libertus!
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