CLAS 1P92 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Petronia, Stoicism, Nudity
16 Feb 2016
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Rome: a slaveholding society: marginal but essential, 10%-30% population (cf trsc, no personal rights (legal testimony = torture, no parental or matrimonial rights. Why slaves: low-cost, self-reproducing work force, slave status: debt bondage, war captive, piracy, or birth. Roman slavery: not the american south: slave physical appearance, prejudice v. nationality (greek, syrian, german, jewish) more t/race, racial tension greeks & jews in alexandria. How can you recognise a slave: clothes (toga v. tunic, nudity levels, hair. Typical slave character: greedy & drunken, untrustworthy & liars, lazy & cunning, childlike, but also part of familia: loyal, position of trust. Education paradox: slaves naturally inferior to freeborn citizen, but slaves nurse, educate citizen children, administrate freeborn interests (accountants, secretaries etc, bad luck (fortuna), stoicism. Positive conditions of slavery: fed, clothed & housed, medical treatment [?, professional training, money (peculium) Situation: city v country: city (sociable, tips, familia, country (hard work, lack of supervision [slave tyrannies?]), galley (3yrs, mine (6 mth)
