Public Slaves in Rome: ‘Privileged’ or Not?
| Autor: | Franco Luciani |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Latin Literature Roman History Latin Epigraphy Roman social history Roman social and economic history 030505 public health 060103 classics Literature and Literary Theory Latin Epigraphy Roman social and economic history 06 humanities and the arts 16. Peace & justice 03 medical and health sciences Philosophy Latin Literature Law Political science Settore L-ANT/03 - Storia Romana 0601 history and archaeology Roman History Roman social history Classics 0305 other medical science Administration (government) |
| Popis: | In the Roman world, slavery played a crucial role. Besides private slaves, owned by individual masters, and—from the beginning of the Principate—imperial slaves, who were the property of the emperors, there were also the so-called public slaves: non-free individuals who were owned by a community, such as the Roman people as a whole in Rome (serui publici populi Romani), or the citizen body of a colony or a municipium in Italy or in the provinces (serui ciuitatum). Public slaves in Rome were employed for numerous public services and acted under the authority of the Senate as assistants to public magistrates, officers or priests. Similarly, in Italian and in provincial cities, they juridically depended on the decisions of local councils and performed various activities within the civic administration, beholden to the magistrates. |
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