CLAS202 Quiz: CLAS202 – Quiz 2

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS202
• Professor: Altay Coskun

Document Summary

Themes on roman slavery: approaches to slavery: Exploring terminology: becoming a slave in the roman empire, captives of war: Captives of war and tropaeum on a roman tempel frieze. Tempel of apollon, campus martius, rome, 20s bce. Main supplies for the roman slave market in times of peace". Rural slavery: harsh treatment, row boats, turning mill wheels, exhaustion. Urban slaves: mistresses attended by her maidservants, wet-nurses, wash feet. Public slaves: lictors with fasces, also serving in the police force or fire brigade, servus augusti. Prostitution: business for many low-ranking people: slave boys and girls, slave women and men, freewomen and freedmen. Cheap and easy to have commodity (for men). Prince started as low as 2 asses = 1 loaf of bread. Conventional scenes: locations: brothels, public baths, private houses. Lower classes often taught by slaves or freedmen, higher education by grammaticus or rhetor (lat. Orator) mostly taught by members of middle and upper class.