SUMMARY Slavery was integral to Roman society, and slaves outnumbered citizens in Rome. There were many routes to slavery, including as prisoners of war, selling oneself into slavery, or being born a ...

Roman slavery was not based on race. Slaves in Rome might include prisoners of war, sailors captured and sold by pirates, or slaves bought outside Roman territory. In hard times, it was not ...

It comprises a unique group of Phoenician, Roman, palaeochristian and Byzantine ruins alongside indigenous monuments such as the Kbor er Roumia, the great royal mausoleum of Mauritania.

The main defendants, Gadalias and Saulos, stood accused of corrupt dealings, including falsified documents and fictitious ...

or the Gladiators’ War. Leading his army of runaway slaves, which has been estimated to have reached 100,000 men, Spartacus defeated a series of Roman attacks using tactics which would now be ...

A previously unknown Roman villa complex is unearthed west of Oxford, including the well-preserved foundations of a villa. On the island of Anglesey, at a World War II airbase that was the site of ...

“Freeing slaves does not appear to be a profitable business model,” remarked Dr. Avner Eckner of Hebrew University, suggesting that the two men were likely evading Roman taxes or perhaps ...

Not much information exists about Roman women in the first century ... On the other hand, female slaves were common and filled a huge variety of roles, from ladies’ maids to farm workers ...

The court case referenced in the papyrus text centered on two people — Gadalias and Saulos — who forged documents related to selling and freeing slaves to get around paying Roman taxes.

much frequented by the Roman emperors. Diana had a close affinity with slaves, her feast day on 13th August being the only day slaves were entitled to an annual holiday. Thus, while it is rare for ...