World History › Section F · Life in the Roman Empire › Topic F.2
Slavery in the Roman Empire
Enslaved people farmed Rome's estates, dug its mines, ran its households and kept its accounts. This topic asks how people became enslaved, how the law treated them, how some won freedom, and how others fought back.
In this topic
- A society built on slavery
- How people became enslaved
- Property under the law
- Many kinds of work
- Violence and control
- Manumission and freedpeople
- Worked example: why free so many?
- Resistance and revolt
- Gladiators and the arena
- Worked example: reading Trimalchio
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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