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1 online resource (497 pages) |
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Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge ; v.79
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Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge.
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Description based upon print version of record. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Approaching Roman Public Slavery -- 1. Public Slaves in Modern Scholarship -- 2. Reassessing Public Slavery -- 1. Being a Public Slave -- Framing the Issue -- 1.1 What Was a Public Slave? -- 1.2 Public Slaves in Rome: Slaves of the Roman People -- 1.3 Public Slaves in Italian and Provincial Cities: Slaves of the Townsfolk -- 1.4 Approaching a Definition: Slaves of the People -- 1.5 Becoming a Slave of the Roman People: The Supply of Public Slaves in Rome |
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1.6 Becoming a Slave of the Townsfolk: The Supply of Public Slaves in Italian and Provincial Cities -- 1.7 The Three Specifics of Public Slaves -- 1.8 Belonging to an Administrative District: Slaves and Freedmen of Provinces -- 1.9 Public Slaves and Slaves of the Guilds: Two Sides of the Same Coin? -- 1.10 Martiales and Venerii: Slaves of the Gods, Not of the People -- 2. Public Slaves Across Time -- A History of Roman Public Slavery -- 2.1 Public Slaves in Rome between the Late 6th and 4th Centuries BCE? |
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2.2 Towards a Consolidation of the Institution: Public Slaves in Rome under the Middle Republic -- 2.3 At the Service of the Political Power: Public Slaves in Rome in the Late Republic -- 2.4 Back to the Republican Origins: Public Slaves in Rome under Augustus -- 2.5 A Relic of the Republic in the Imperial World: Public Slaves in Rome during the Empire -- 2.6 A Historical Overview of Public Slavery in the Italian and Provincial Cities -- 3. Serving the State -- Public Slaves and Freedmen in the City of Rome -- Introduction -- 3.1 At the Service of the Offices |
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3.1.1 Serving the Traditional Republican Magistrates -- 3.1.2 At the Service of the Augustan Offices -- 3.1.3 At the Service of the Imperial Offices -- 3.1.4 At the Service of Political Debate -- 3.2 At the Service of Religion -- 3.2.1 Serving the Priestly Colleges -- 3.2.2 Serving Other Priestly Colleges -- 3.2.3 Serving the Goddess Dia: Public Slaves and the Arval Brethren -- 3.2.4 Serving the Deified Emperors: Public Slaves and the Priests of the Imperial Cult -- 3.2.5 Public Slaves and the Cult: The Uncertain Cases -- 3.2.6 In Charge of the Temples: Public Slaves as aeditui or a sacrario |
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3.3 At the Service of the Infrastructures of Rome -- 3.3.1 Public Slaves in Archives and Basilicas -- 3.3.2 Public Slaves in the Library in the Porticus Octaviae -- 3.3.3 The familia publica aquaria -- 4. Serving the Cities -- Public Slaves, Freedmen and Freedwomen in Italy and the Western Provinces -- Introduction -- 4.1 The Assignment of Tasks to Public Slaves, Freedmen, and Freedwomen -- 4.1.1 "What Type of Business Each Public Slave Should be Assigned To" -- 4.1.2 Work and Service for the City After Manumission -- 4.2 Public Slaves and Local Magistrates -- 4.2.1 The limocincti |
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4.2.2 The officiales. |
| Summary |
"Slavery played a crucial economic and social role in the Roman history. Unfree individuals were employed to perform a wide range of duties in both the domestic environment and the public sphere. Along with the large population of private slaves who were owned by individual masters, and the smaller but influential group of Imperial slaves who were property of the emperors, there was another category of slaves: the so-called 'public slaves' (servi publici). They were unfree individuals, owned by a community rather than a single master. Based on primary evidence, Franco Luciani aims to provide a comprehensive study of public slavery in the Roman world. By focusing on the use of public slaves in both Rome and in other cities of the Western Empire, as well as on the development of public slavery from the Middle Republic to Late Antiquity, Luciani attempts to define public slavery and to explore the historical significance of public slavery across time. He also analyses the role played by public slaves in the life of the community they belonged to. Specific attention is then drawn to manumission of public slaves and the legal status of freed public slaves. Finally, Luciani addresses the issue of the position of public slaves in Roman society."--Page [4] of cover. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Slavery -- Rome.
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Slavery |
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Rome (Empire) |
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Rome -- Social life and customs. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Luciani, Franco Slaves of the People Stuttgart : Franz Steiner Verlag,©2022 |
| ISBN |
3515131434 ebook |
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9783515131438 ebook |
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