The slave systems of Greek and Roman antiquity /

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Main Author: Westermann, William Linn, 1873-1954 (Author)
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society, 1984.
Series:Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society ; v. 40.
Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law.
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Table of Contents:
  • Greek slavery from Homer to the Persian wars
  • From the Persian wars to Alexander: slave supply and slave numbers
  • From the Persian wars to Alexander: slave employment and legal aspects of slavery
  • From the Persian wars to Alexander: the social setting of polis slavery
  • The eastern Mediterranean lands from Alexander to Augustus: the Delphic manumissions: slave origins, economic and legal approaches
  • The eastern area from Alexander to Augustus: basic differences between pre-Greek and Greek slavery
  • Slavery in Hellenistic Egypt: pharaonic tradition and Greek intrusions
  • War and slavery in the West to 146 B.C.
  • The Roman republic: praedial slavery, piracy, and slave revolts
  • The later republic: the slave and the Roman familia
  • The later republic: social and legal position of slaves
  • Slavery under the Roman empire to Constantine the Great: sources and numbers of slaves
  • The Roman Empire in the West: economic aspects of slavery
  • Slavery under the Roman Empire: the provenance of slaves, how sold and prices paid
  • The Roman Empire: living conditions and social life of slaves
  • Imperial slaves and freedmen of the emperors: amelioration of slavery
  • The moral implications of imperial slavery and the "decline" of ancient culture
  • In the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire
  • From Diocletian to Justinian: problems of slavery
  • From Diocletian to Justinian: the eastern and the western developments
  • From Diocletian to Justinian: leveling of position between free workers and slaves
  • Upon slavery and Christianity
  • Conclusion.