Slavery and society at Rome
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Slavery and society at Rome
（Key themes in ancient history）
Cambridge University Press, 1994
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 186-196
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book, first published in 1994, is concerned with discovering what it was like to be a slave in the classical Roman world, and with revealing the impact the institution of slavery made on Roman society at large. It shows how and in what sense Rome was a slave society through much of its history, considers how the Romans procured their slaves, discusses the work roles slaves fulfilled and the material conditions under which they spent their lives, investigates how slaves responded to and resisted slavery, and reveals how slavery, as an institution, became more and more oppressive over time under the impact of philosophical and religious teaching. The book stresses the harsh realities of life in slavery and the way in which slavery was an integral part of Roman civilisation.
Table of Contents
- 1. Confronting slavery at Rome
- 2. The slave society of Rome
- 3. The Roman slave supply
- 4. Slave labour
- 5. Quality of life
- 6. Resisting slavery
- 7. Change and continuity
- 8. Slavery and progress
- 9. To be a slave
- Bibliographical essay
- List of works cited
- Index.
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