Understanding Roman Slavery: From Captivity to Rebellion and Freedom

1. Roman Slavery By Shane Maher

2. Becoming A Slave • Prisoners of War • Italian tribes • Carthage • Greece • Macedonia • Gaul • Other eastern Provinces

3. Slave Markets • Expensive: • Young Men • Cooks • Vernae • Beautiful Slaves • Quaestor • Sub hasta venire or sub corona venire • Contubernia • Aediles • Caps • Scrolls

4. Jobs For Slaves • Household: • Heating the Hypocaust • Dressing the Master • Walk Children to School • Clean the Villa • Tidy the Garden • Washing Clothes • Carrying the Master in a Litter • Dry Family after Bath • Supply With constant food and Drink • Walk Guests Home • Farm Slaves • Took care of Farm during war • Did field work • Collect Grain • Plow Fields • Olives • Grapes • Wheat

5. Freedom, Rebellions, and Freedmen • Slaves had to make up what they were bought for • Freed By Master • 3 notable rebellions • Spartacus • Eunus “King Antiochus” • Kleon • Athenian • Salvius • Result was crucifixion • Freedmen • Took orders from former masters • Could not hold office • Could not marry former masters • Sometimes developed lives

6. Spartacus • Trained by army • Was a Slave • Was a gladiator • He and 2 Gallic Gladiators led revolt • 200 Gladiators • 80 escaped • Formed a band of 70,000 slaves • Hid in alps • Planned escape • Fought Crassus in Spain • Body never found

7. Roman Slaves VS. American Slaves • Roman Slaves were prisoners of war • American Slaves were captured from Africa • American Slaves commonly worked in fields • Roman Slaves worked fields, clothed their Masters, carried their Masters, and many other chores • American Slaves escaped through the underground railroador bought their freedom • Roman Slaves killed themselves, were released, or bought their freedoms • American Slaves were eventually freed by President Abraham Lincoln • Roman Slaves were always slaves

8. Bibliography • http://www.unrv.com/culture/roman-slavery.php • http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/roman_slaves.htm • http://www.classicsunveiled.com/romel/html/slavery.html • http://historylink102.com/Rome/roman-farming.htm • http://www.hadrians.com/rome/romans/sources/roman_transport.html • http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/slavesandslavery/a/spartacus.htm • http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/people/freedmen.htm • http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/scripts/sia/gallery.cgi • http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/CGPrograms/Cast/ASP/Cast.asp?CastNo=D118 • http://usslave.blogspot.com/2011_06_01_archive.html • http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/slaves_freemen.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus • http://libcom.org/history/many-enemies-there-are-slaves%E2%80%99-spartacus-politics-servile-rebellion-late-republic • http://www.crystalinks.com/romeslavery.html • http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_images/index8.html