How were slaves threated under roman laws?

Answer 1

Answer 1:

They weren't treated badly, some even stayed with their masters in their own will, although others were treated a little bit worse Slaves were able to buy their freedom and some got released after a long period of service.

Answer 2:

The slaves of Rome were treated horribly. Look into the slavery uprisings that occurred throughout the history of Rome. The insinuation that there has ever been a fairly treated slave is a miscalculation in ethics and logic, not to mention revisionist history. One such example of the slave uprisings is the Spartacus case (111-71 BCE).

Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator, and all gladiators were slaves. Being forced to killed someone for sport is not exactly morally sound or ethical. For more information about the treatment of slaves in Rome look up Gauls Crixus, Oenomaus, Castus, Gannicus, and Roman Republic slave uprisings such as the Third Servile War.

Rome perished for a good reason, it lacked a strong constitution that provided for the rights of all men and women along with an appropriate separation/division of powers.

Answer 2

Protections for slaves were introduced by various Roman emperors. Augustus forbade the killing of slaves. Claudius introduced a law which sanctioned that slave owners were responsible for the treatment of slaves who fell ill and that if the master abandoned a slave he/she became free. Nero granted the slaves the right to complain against mistreatment by their masters in a court of law. Antoninus Pius decreed that a master who killed a slave would be tried for murder. Further measures to protect slaves were.

Claudius' measure was aimed at addressing the problem of slave owners abandoning sick slaves in an area by the river Tiber in order not to have to treat them. They were left to fend for themselves and many died. Slaves who survived and recovered were taken back by their masters. Besides trying to stop the abandonment of sick slaves and establishing the owners' responsibility to treat sick slaves, Claudius also wanted to stop the equally cruel practice or retaking the slaves and sanctioned that abandonment of slaves would constitute the owners' abandonment of responsibilities towards them and, therefore, of ownership.