CLA233H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Roman Citizenship, Milion, Lamprey
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Slaves was normal in acient society in eurasia. Sometimes slaves would be slaves for only portion of lives (clear debt by working as slave) Language, most people spoke latin in beginning but later most people spoke greek (much labor came from east, which was greek) When christian church organized itself in city of rome it used greek as language of literature rather than latin. Slaves came from conquest as empire grew, don"t know precise number (no census, rough estimate: when julius ceaser invaded gaul its population was 10 million, of those. 10 million 1 millionw ere dead and 1 milion were enslaved after his conquest. Romans were equal opportunity slavers, it was legal status not associated with any bias or prejudice. Gods had made other races so greeks could enslave them (according to. No way to quantify experience of slave society with society that doesn"t record.
