CLASSIC 20 Lecture 22: Lecture 22 - Slavery in Rome
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Background: slavery was an accepted institution of almost every society of the ancient. Ancient babylon, egypt, judaea, greece, carthage, rome: definition of slavery: extreme example of the inequity of positions and classes of society where the powerful and ruling members exercise their control and influence over the weaker and submissive. Types of ancient evidence: literary texts, legal documents, burial inscriptions, papyri, archaeology f. It was a regular part of roman life. Lucius annaeus seneca: born in corduba, spain, 4 bce-65 ce, letter 47: stoic philosopher condemns harsh treatment of slaves; but like all his contemporaries he doesn"t address or question the institution of slavery. Oxyrhynchus in egypt in 129 ce: place where an example of a receipt of a sale of a slave was found, the sale was taxed, warranty, slaves could buy slaves. Limitations of the evidence: lack of slave literature, chronology of evidence from 200 bce to 200 ce, geography of evidence c. i.
