Slavery

Question 1

Aristotle and slavery

Answer 1

Slaves were an ‘animate tool’

Question 2

Slave society

Answer 2

slaves made up 20% of population of the ancient world

Question 3

Slaves in Rome

Answer 3

At the end of the republic, slaves made up bout 1/3 of a 2 million population

Question 4

Origins

Answer 4

War booty, piracy, Delos was important for the slave trade, in Rome, children of slave mothers are slaves regardless of fathers.

Question 5

Work and conditions

Answer 5

They did all kinds of work
Slave and free would work together
State-owned slaves in Athens - police, clerks, road mendrs, executioners

Question 6

Manumission

Answer 6

‘perculium’ could purchase slave’s freedom
This didn’t occur in Greece
According to Cicero, a prisoner of war could expect freedom within 6 years

Question 7

Status

Answer 7

You could get highly educated town slaves

Question 8

Economic significance

Answer 8

Involved in all areas of trade and craft. According to Erechtheum inscription, slave and free got the same wages. They were also important for agriculture.

Question 9

Mygdonius

Answer 9

First century from Ravenna, Parthian captured and sold as a slave. He had freedom and citizenship