Most slaves during the Roman Empire were foreigners and, unlike in modern times, Roman slavery was not based on race. Slaves in Rome might include prisoners of war, sailors captured and sold by ...

When the team was able to translate P. Cotton, they uncovered a fascinating story about fraud, slavery, taxes, and government ...

Roman society also involved a system of patronage ... Traditionally, any freed slaves became the cliens of their former owner. In return, patroni received respect and political favors.

The wooden writing tablet is the only deed of a sale of a slave to have been found in Roman Britain.Originally it was coated with black wax in which the scribe wrote with a stilus, but now his ...

He is thought to have been born in Thrace (modern day Balkan region) and it has been suggested he was in the Roman army. He was sold into slavery and trained at the gladiatorial school in Capua ...

Nora finds her privileged life of nobility over as she wakes up to the nightmare of slave tears of Rome.