Slavery in ancient Rome played an important role in society and the economy. Unskilled or low-skill slaves labored in the fields, mines, and mills with...
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Slavery in the ancient world, from the earliest known recorded evidence in Sumer to the pre-medieval Antiquity Mediterranean cultures, comprised a mixture...
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Slave Market, also completed in 1884. Slavery in Ancient Rome The Slave Market (Gérôme painting) "Slave Market in Ancient Rome". hermitagemuseum.org. Retrieved...
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Ancillae (category Slavery in ancient Rome)
ancilla) were female house slaves in ancient Rome, as well as in Europe during the Middle Ages. In medieval Europe, slavery was gradually replaced by serfdom...
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Concubinage (redirect from Concubinage in ancient Egypt)
concubinage resulted in racially mixed populations. The practice declined as a result of the abolition of slavery. In ancient Rome, the practice of concubinatus...
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Doulos (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
to: A slave (δοῦλος) in ancient Greece; see also Slavery in Ancient Rome as well as Slavery in the New Testament and Slavery in antiquity. Some translations...
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Roman agriculture describes the farming practices of ancient Rome, during a period of over 1000 years. From humble beginnings, the Roman Republic (509...
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River. The details of slavery in ancient Rome slavery in Roman Portugal are not well-known; however, there were several forms of slavery, including enslaved...
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following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to ancient Rome: Ancient Rome – former civilization that thrived on the Italian Peninsula as...
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history, whether perpetrated by non-Europeans or by other Europeans. Slavery in ancient Rome was frequently dependent on a person's socio-economic status and...
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Letter 47 (Seneca) (category Slavery in ancient Rome)
or On Slavery, is an essayistic look at dehumanization in the context of slavery in ancient Rome. It was a criticism of aspects of Roman slavery, without...
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Vilicus (category Slavery in ancient Rome)
In ancient Rome, the vilicus (Greek: ἐπίτροπος, epitropos, or oikonomos) was a manager, supervisor, or overseer. Ausonius in 4th-century Bordeaux writes...
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Manumission (category Slavery in ancient Rome)
Slavery", C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 2006, p.110 Bradley, K.R. (1984). Slaves and masters in the Roman Empire Garlan, Y. (1988). Slavery in Ancient Greece...
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Paedagogus (occupation) (category Slavery in ancient Rome)
Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 211. ISBN 0-19-512332-8. Werner, Paul (1978). Life in Rome in Ancient Times. Geneva:...
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History of slavery Islamic views on slavery Slavery in ancient Greece Slavery in ancient Rome Slavery in antiquity The Bible and slavery Richard P. Saller...
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including in ancient Rome. Passages in the Old Testament sanctioned forms of temporal slavery for Israelites as a means to repay a debt. Slaves, captured in war...
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Clothing in ancient Rome generally comprised a short-sleeved or sleeveless, knee-length tunic for men and boys, and a longer, usually sleeved tunic for...
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Victimarius (category Slavery in ancient Rome)
detailing the hierarchy in Rome stretched deeper than it looks like on the surface. Religion in ancient Rome Social class in ancient Rome Based on inscriptions;...
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Fall of the Western Roman Empire (redirect from Fall of Ancient Rome)
pp. 137–142. Keith Bradley, "'The Bitter Chain of Slavery': Reflections on Slavery in Ancient Rome," Snowden Lectures, Hellenic Centre of Harvard University...
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Etruscans; sport and spectacle in the Roman imperial period, especially the Roman circus; and slavery in ancient Rome, especially the visual representation...
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Lex Junia Norbana (category Slavery in ancient Rome)
Iunia et Aelia Sentia," in Junian Latinity in the Roman Empire. Vol. 1: History, Law, Literature, Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Slavery (Edinburgh University...
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Slavery in ancient Egypt existed at least since the Old Kingdom period. Discussions of slavery in Pharaonic Egypt are complicated by terminology used...
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Moregine bracelet (category Slavery in ancient Rome)
l'École Française de Rome. 113 (2): 967–980. doi:10.3406/mefr.2001.9667. Edmondson, Jonathan (2011). "Slavery and the Roman Family". In Bradley, Keith; Cartledge...
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Lex Visellia (category Slavery in ancient Rome)
Roman Empire, Volume 1: History, Law, Literature. Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Slavery. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 104–122. Hough, John N. (1930). "The...
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Colonus (person) (redirect from Coloni (ancient Rome))
the occupants in a state between freedom and slavery. The colonus system can be considered a predecessor of European feudal serfdom. In Roman Italy, much...
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symbols. Slavery was a widely accepted practice in ancient Greece, as it was in contemporaneous societies. The principal use of slaves was in agriculture...
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techniques Slavery in ancient Egypt Slavery in ancient Greece Slavery in ancient Rome Ancient Greek boxing Ancient Greek Olympic festivals Ancient warfare...
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Contubernium (category Slavery in ancient Rome)
In ancient Rome, contubernium was a quasi-marital relationship between two slaves or between a slave (servus) and a free person who was usually a former...
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Homosexuality in ancient Rome differed markedly from the contemporary West. Latin lacks words that would precisely translate "homosexual" and "heterosexual"...
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Sexual attitudes and behaviors in ancient Rome are indicated by art, literature, and inscriptions, and to a lesser extent by archaeological remains such...
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