Roman Slavery

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Roman Slavery

Slavery generally refers to a situation where one is put under control and possession of another against the natural . In all the history of man kind , slavery was a common thing world wide but there is no other place apart from ancient Rome where slavery was such concentrated and which involved such huge number of slaves . These slaves were been used for doing the dirty chores and manual work . In the ancient Rome , the slaves were being traded in the

markets just like any other goods , while others were treated as soldiers who were kidnapped during war . Either , some slaves were children born of other slaves .Slavery in Rome was being regarded as something usual among the people . Both the ancient Romans and the slaves were all in consensus that slavery was the of the day Though slavery was beneficial to the Romans , it also proved to be harmful in various ways . On the positive side of it the slaves were used in the public benefits for construction for agricultural work in farms and in businesses . All these assisted in the creation of wealth by provision of cheap labor (Drescher Stanly , 1998 , 28

The slaves on the farms were mainly for doing cultivation which contributed to high production of olives , vines , wheat and grapes that were on high demand by the wine manufacturing industry by then . The olive oil was used as soap and butter . The slaves were also being used...