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Author
Publisher
Wiley Blackwell
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Slavery was a ubiquitous and fundamental phenomenon of Greek and Roman societies. Slaves constituted a substantial proportion of the population of ancient communities; they worked in practically all sectors of ancient economies, as agricultural workers, artisans, traders, servants, performers, managers and even civil servants; their exploitation allowed their masters to live as they wished; the domination of slaves shaped the formation of households,...