slavery in roman egypt
Slavery in Roman Egypt
Jessica Kotselas
The roman rule over Egypt started in 30 B.C with the arrival of Augustus and continued on for another 6 centuries. With the rule of the Roman Empire over Egypt things like grain and food was sent back to Rome as to the romans the country had rich recourses. When the romans came into power the roman government replaced the Egyptian governing gaining even more control over Egypt. Along with all these changes the romans brought to Egypt, slavery was a huge change that would affect Egypt in a large way, even after the roman ruling slavery in Egypt stayed and was the way the Egyptians built so many of their famous structures.
Even though slavery in Egypt was present before the roman ruling it was not was important to the way people lived, but as the romans came into power slaves responsibilities and what there daily lives were changed and so did the need for slaves. Slavery in Egypt carry on even after the romans had left and the New Kingdom began and it seemed to grow rapidly onwards and became the Egyptian slavery system we know today.
The slave trade in Egypt before the roman ruling was happening on a small scale in Egypt unlike the slave trade in places like ancient Rome and Greece were slavery took place in slave markets and merchants controlled it all as slaves where a big part of people live and their financial lives.
Enslavement happened through many different ways one way was bet; Egyptians were sold because they or their family had debts to pay off or they would sell themselves as way to escape poverty as being a slave was generally better life than a life in poverty back then. Punishment was another form of slavery; a convicted criminal could be sentenced to forced labour. Some woman would voluntarily become a slave to a temple in the form of a servant. Becoming a slave by birth was something that the Roman Empire did with their slaves’ offspring and this rule was carried out when the Roman Empire
Jessica Kotselas
The roman rule over Egypt started in 30 B.C with the arrival of Augustus and continued on for another 6 centuries. With the rule of the Roman Empire over Egypt things like grain and food was sent back to Rome as to the romans the country had rich recourses. When the romans came into power the roman government replaced the Egyptian governing gaining even more control over Egypt. Along with all these changes the romans brought to Egypt, slavery was a huge change that would affect Egypt in a large way, even after the roman ruling slavery in Egypt stayed and was the way the Egyptians built so many of their famous structures.
Even though slavery in Egypt was present before the roman ruling it was not was important to the way people lived, but as the romans came into power slaves responsibilities and what there daily lives were changed and so did the need for slaves. Slavery in Egypt carry on even after the romans had left and the New Kingdom began and it seemed to grow rapidly onwards and became the Egyptian slavery system we know today.
The slave trade in Egypt before the roman ruling was happening on a small scale in Egypt unlike the slave trade in places like ancient Rome and Greece were slavery took place in slave markets and merchants controlled it all as slaves where a big part of people live and their financial lives.
Enslavement happened through many different ways one way was bet; Egyptians were sold because they or their family had debts to pay off or they would sell themselves as way to escape poverty as being a slave was generally better life than a life in poverty back then. Punishment was another form of slavery; a convicted criminal could be sentenced to forced labour. Some woman would voluntarily become a slave to a temple in the form of a servant. Becoming a slave by birth was something that the Roman Empire did with their slaves’ offspring and this rule was carried out when the Roman Empire