Roman Manumission System

The manumission system has been interconnected to Roman slavery that stench back as far as the imperial age. The Roman elite view on slavery was quite liberal in the way they grant freedom to their slaves and demonstrated slave labor was not needed to have a productive society. When slaves were set free they need not absolved all the responsibilities from their former master. Instead, some conditions may be lay out where upon release slaves might find themselves bound with obligations for certain length of time towards their owner. This pathway was convenient on both parties, because slaves could improve their social status while the owner did not receive an economic loss. In reality, most former slaves forfeit economic support from their master when
During the revolution period it change the climate on when slave should obtain their freedom. In 2 B.C. the “lex Fufia Canina” introduced a way slaves from a household was able to receive their freedom at the moment of the owner death. The “lex Aelia Sentia” of 4 A.D. reorganized the minimum age of thirty for slave to acquire manumission. The third law, “lex Junia” gave a middle status for individuals between slavery and full emancipation, which give freedom without citizenship. In some rare cases, some slaves were able to acquire freedom before the age of thirty based on blood relationship if the slave if related to the owner. When slave was in the middle of emancipation and found guilty of a crime they were sent to the gladiatorial school and never be able to receive full citizenship. The “lex Aelia Sentia” purpose was to help both slave and the their master with the different qualifications to become a citizenship and have a stable relationship. In 4 A.D. war captives that has been slavery for twenty or thirty years became close to manumission, but only for the one who survived after many years of hard