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Some families had lots of children and couldn't afford to feed them all so they sold them some at slave markets. Other slaves are from slave traders from outlying parts of the Roman Empire and were taken to Rome to be sold at slave markets.
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What was a common way to become a roman slave?
Slaves were often products of war.
Who couldn't be in the roman army?
Slaves, women and non-Romans. To be in the Roman Army you had to be a Roman citizen of military age (between 17 and 46) and physically and mentally sound. Since freed slaves gained Roman citizenship, freedmen could become Roman soldiers.
What jobs did roman slaves do?
Roman slaves did everything from hard labor to housework.
What did roman slaves jobs?
Roman slaves did everything from hard labor to housework.
Who built the walls of Pompeii?
roman craftsman and slaves
Did Roman slaves work with other Roman slaves?
yes 1 person could have up 2 about 400 slaves
How were slaves utilized you roman households?
Slaves did everything.
Where roman slaves treated worse then American slaves?
With the exception of working in mineral extraction Roman slaves probably had it better. A Roman slave could earn his freedom or advance himself which was not the case with plantation slaves in the deep south.
How do slaves become slaves around the world?
Slaves become what they are do to color, religion, or money problems.
How could a slave become a citizen in Rome?
A slave could not became a Roman citizen. Slaves were commodities, someone else's property which could be bought and sold at will. They had no legal status. However, freedmen could obtain Roman citizenship. Since many slaves were brought to Rome and the rate of manumission (freeing slaves) was high, at one point the majority of Roman citizens in the city of Rome were freedmen and their descendants.
What is a roman slaves social status?
Slaves were property, like cattle.
What motivates Roman slaves?
Whips
