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Roman Slavery

Roman Slavery. Slave Auction.

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Roman Slavery

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  1. Roman Slavery

  2. Slave Auction • Slaves were bought and sold at a market. Usually they were captured prisoners of war. A healthy male brought 8000 sesterces, whereas a pretty girl could be sold for as much as 200,000 sesterces. The contract usually stipulated a no return policy, except for epilepsy.

  3. Buying Freedom • A crafty slave would save money over his years of servitude, and if he pleased his master sufficiently during his service, could buy his freedom. Many would stay with their masters, as secretaries or other paid capacities. In the reign of the Emperor Claudius, many freed slaves worked in the beaucracy of the imperial government.

  4. Life of a Slave • Slaves did menial tasks in the household, such as cooks, nurses, masseurs, and as seen in this photo, midwives. Intelligent slaves, mostly from Greece, served as tutors for young members of the household, or as doctors or accountants. Others may have had the task of being gladiators.

  5. Crucifixion • In the year 73 BC, the slave Spartacus, a gladiator, staged a revolt in Capua. He and his rebel comrades defeated two Roman armies, and at one point his army numbered 90,000 men. In the year 72 he defeated 3 more Roman armies. When he reached Cisalpine Gaul, he wanted to end the revolt, but his men preferred to plunder Italy. So he marched south, defeated two more armies, and desolated the entire southern end of the Italian boot. He was finally caught by Crassus in 71 at Lucania, and all rebels were put to death by crucifixion.

  6. servi vinum portant et fundunt

  7. servi vinum portant et fundunt • servi vinum portabant et fundebant servi vinum portaverunt et fuderunt

  8. servus iuvenis est in culina

  9. servus iuvenis est in culina servus iuvenis erat in culina

  10. servi cenam portant

  11. servi cenam portant Servi cenam portabant Servi cenam portaverunt

  12. dominus servum pulsat

  13. dominus servum pulsat dominus servum pulsabat dominus servum pulsavit

  14. servi sunt captivi

  15. servi sunt captivi servi erant captivi

  16. ancillae dominam parant

  17. ancillae dominam parant ancillae dominam parabant ancillae dominam paraverunt

  18. ancilla dominum delectat!

  19. ancilla dominum delectat! Ancilla dominum delectabat! Ancilla dominum delectavit!

  20. Libertas* est bona quod servus est libertus! * The Roman goddess of freedom. Originally as goddess of personal freedom, she later became the goddess of the Roman commonwealth. She had temples on the Aventine Hill and the Forum. Libertas was depicted on many Roman coins as a female figure with a pileus (a felt cap, worn by slaves when they were set free), a wreath of laurels and a spear.

  21. Libertas* est bona quod servus est libertus! Libertas* erat bona quod servus erat libertus!

  22. Finis Slides 2-5: http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/gallery/culture/slaves/index.htm Pictures on slides 6-finis: Links under “ANCIENT IMAGES” on http://www.cambridgescp.com/page.php?p=clc^oa_book1^stage6

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