Their usual work in the fields, the households, trades and business, fishing, the mines.
8 to 10 days they would meet
They continue to work in the farms, households, fishing boats, trades and the mines.
Slaves don't have recreation nor days off. They are property of the owner and do what they are told.
Ancient Athens... The US did in the olden days when Town Meetings were a regular occurrence.
Slavery was already around before the days of ancient Rome. All the ancient civilisations of the Mediterranean and Mesopotamia has slaves. When towns were seized in war, their inhabitants were taken as part of the war booty and sold as slaves.
By The assembly meeting every 10 days. At least 6,000 citizens had a present for a meeting to take place.
By The assembly meeting every 10 days. At least 6,000 citizens had a present for a meeting to take place.
After the wild days of Athens from about 440 BCE, they learnt that having the popular assembly make up policy on the run was not a good thing, leading Athens into defeat in the Peloponnesian War and loss of it's empire. So a system developed where motions were put to the assembly by the Council and the assembly could vote yes or no for each motion, not make up their own wild schemes as they came up in discussions
They used to be friendly with wild animals. The story of Androklies and the lion is still very popular of those days.
All adult males, when called out, were required to turn out equipped and with three days rations. This applied to both citizens and resident aliens.
Slaves in ancient Egypt got paid with bread and beer. Proper beer not the fizzy "lager" you often get in pubs these days.
Sundays