The Changing Role Of Slavery In Ancient Rome
Rome's slavery started at the Roman Kingdom period (753BC- 709BC) . At first, slavery was not common in Rome. During the Roman Kingdom period, Rome was still a civilize society. At the Roman Republic period, the Roman wanted to expand the economy in a very short period of time so they required a lot of cheap labors to do tough works. Gradually, Rome became a slavery society.
Who would become slave? --- The poor people that could not pay their tax or loan, prisoner of wars and the abandoned children would become slaves. In hard times, Roman citizens even sell their children into slavery to earn money. Roman always fought with others so prisoners of wars were the largest portions of slaves. Especially, after the Roman Republic conquered many cities and countries, such as, Spain, Greece and Carthage. Many soldiers and citizens of other cities became prisoners of war.
How did the slavery operate? --- Slaves were auctioned in slaves markets. The slaves had white powder on their feet , that mean they were ready to be sold. They also had a …show more content…
--- Slaves worked everywhere - Ancient Rome was an agricultural society so most of the male slaves were serfs and they needed to work in fields. The female slaves mainly became maidens. Maidens had to serve their masters. They also had to look after their master's children. Some slaves worked for city governments on engineering projects such as roads, aqueducts and buildings. A small portion of slaves had special talents so they could work as teachers, doctors or accountants. They were more invaluable than the other slaves. For example, one slave trained in medicine was worth the price of 50 agricultural slaves. There were another kind of slaves, they were gladiators. A gladiator was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman republic and Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals and condemned criminals. These kind of shows gave a lot of happiness to the
Who would become slave? --- The poor people that could not pay their tax or loan, prisoner of wars and the abandoned children would become slaves. In hard times, Roman citizens even sell their children into slavery to earn money. Roman always fought with others so prisoners of wars were the largest portions of slaves. Especially, after the Roman Republic conquered many cities and countries, such as, Spain, Greece and Carthage. Many soldiers and citizens of other cities became prisoners of war.
How did the slavery operate? --- Slaves were auctioned in slaves markets. The slaves had white powder on their feet , that mean they were ready to be sold. They also had a …show more content…
--- Slaves worked everywhere - Ancient Rome was an agricultural society so most of the male slaves were serfs and they needed to work in fields. The female slaves mainly became maidens. Maidens had to serve their masters. They also had to look after their master's children. Some slaves worked for city governments on engineering projects such as roads, aqueducts and buildings. A small portion of slaves had special talents so they could work as teachers, doctors or accountants. They were more invaluable than the other slaves. For example, one slave trained in medicine was worth the price of 50 agricultural slaves. There were another kind of slaves, they were gladiators. A gladiator was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman republic and Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals and condemned criminals. These kind of shows gave a lot of happiness to the