Slaves
- How to keep a slave in Ancient Rome, 170 BC The institution of slavery provided a critical pillar that supported the existence of both the republican and empire phases of ancient Roman society. The size of this slave population is estimated in the millions, and comprised between twenty-five and thirty percent of the total Roman population.
- Slavery in the Roman World Slavery was an ever-present feature of the Roman world. Slaves served in households, agriculture, mines, the military, workshops, construction and many services.
- Slavery in Ancient Rome Slavery played a significant role in Roman society. Enslaved people were in the city, the countryside, households and businesses, and ownership wasn't limited to elites.
Roman Diary: the story of a young slave by
Explore the city at the heart of the ancient Roman Empire with Iliona, a Greek girl captured by pirates and sold into slavery.
Call Number: 937 PLAPublication Date: 2011
Videos: Slavery in Ancient Rome
What It Was Like to Be a Roman Slave
Slave labor was a huge aspect of Roman life and the Republic depended heavily on free work from human beings who had no rights, no possessions, and were left at the whims of their masters to be worked to death, starved, tortured, and sometimes even killed for the sake of enjoyment.
SOURCE: Wierd History (2019), posted on YouTube, [10:53 mins] URL: https://youtu.be/1Kx_2Sh7iz0
Slavery in Ancient Rome
Brief introduction to the origin, role and work of slaves at Rome.
SOURCE: Lethbridge, L., (2021), Slavery in Ancient Rome, posted on YouTube, [3:37 mins], URL: https://youtu.be/urR3mQX6VoA
Women
- Roman Women From History for Kids.
- Roman Children From History for Kids.
- Roman Families From History for Kids.
- Status of Women in Ancient Rome In ancient Rome, all women were under an adult male guardian. That guardian was the oldest male in the household be it a father, grandfather, husband, uncle, or even oldest male child.
- Female Gladiators in Ancient Rome Female gladiators in ancient Rome – referred to by modern-day scholars as gladiatrix – may have been uncommon but they did exist.
- Women in Ancient Rome When a young woman married in the early years of the Roman Republic she left her childhood home and the authority of her father and entered not only the home of her husband but his power and control as well. In law her status was not very different from that of her husband’s daughter.
- Social Class and Public Display There came to be a customary acceptance that women belonged to the social class of their fathers and then of their husbands, although the women had no special dress that distinguished their status.
Videos: Ancient Roman Women
Ancient Roman Women
SOURCE: Engler, H. (2012), Ancient Roman Women, posted on YouTube, [3:13 mins] URL: https://youtu.be/FaJseRSxDwo
Oxford Textbook: Chapter 10 - Other Key groups in Roman Society
SOURCE: Conti, L., Easton, M., & Saldais, M. (2022). Oxford Big Ideas Humanities and Social Sciences 7. Oxford.
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