Ancient Greek and Roman Slavery.

Intro -- Ancient Greek and Roman Slavery -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Modern and Ancient References: Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction and Historical Context -- Greek History and Slavery: An Overview -- Rome's Expansion -- Contrasts and Comparisons -- Suggested Reading -- 2 Definitions and Evidence -- What Is Slavery? -- Ancient Evidence and Its Difficulties -- Actual Practices Versus Ways of Thinking -- What Is Typical? When and Where? -- Common Sense and Comparative History -- Modern Politics and Ancient Slavery -- Suggested Reading -- 3 Enslavement -- Introduction -- Warfare and the Sources of Athenian Slaves? -- A Sea Change in the Roman Slave Supply? -- A Slave Population Equation -- Conclusion -- Suggested Reading -- 4 Economics -- Introduction -- Slave Societies -- Economics of Slavery -- Roman Expansion -- The Cost of Labor in Athens and the Roman Empire -- The Slave Trade and Slave Traders -- Conclusion -- Suggested Reading -- 5 Politics -- Introduction -- Athenian Slavery and Democracy -- Slave and Freedmen Administrators in the Early Roman Empire -- Eunuchs in the Late Empire -- Conclusion -- Suggested Reading -- 6 Culture -- Introduction -- Slave Culture in Classical Athens -- Factors in the Retention of Birth Culture -- Compatibility and Resistance -- Greek Intellectuals as Roman Slaves -- Greek Slaves and Culture at Rome -- Livius Andronicus -- Greek Ex-Slaves and the Lower Classes -- Ambivalence -- Conclusion -- Suggested Reading -- 7 Sex and Family Life -- Introduction -- Prostitution in Athens -- Neaira's Story -- Coerced Sex and Emotional Relationships -- Roman Slave Families -- Conclusion -- Suggested Reading -- 8 Manumission and Ex-Slaves -- Why Manumission and Ex-Slaves? -- How Common Was Manumission? -- Reasons for Manumission -- Rituals and Processes -- Closed and Open Slave Systems.

Pasion and His Family -- Relationship with Former Masters -- Wealth and Status -- Trimalchio's Wild Party -- Relationships with Former Masters -- Wealth -- Status Conscious? -- Conclusion: Contrasts Between Greek and Roman Practice -- Suggested Reading -- 9 Everyday Conflict -- Resistance and Agency -- Weapons of the Weak -- The Tools of Oppression -- Running Away -- Murder and Reprisal -- Conclusion -- Suggested Reading -- 10 Revolts -- Introduction -- Classical and Hellenistic Greece -- The Helots -- The Roman Slave Wars -- Challenges of Revolt -- The Ability to Revolt -- Conclusion -- Suggested Reading -- 11 Representations -- Introduction -- Tragedy and Slave Stereotypes -- The Clever Slave in Roman Comedy -- The Conservative and the Subversive Reading -- Paternalism -- Conclusion -- Suggested Reading -- 12 Philosophy and Law -- Introduction -- The Anonymous Opponents of Slavery -- Aristotle's Theory of Natural Slavery -- Stoicism and Christianity -- The Amelioration of Slavery in Roman Law -- Conclusion: Why no Abolitionists? -- Suggested Reading -- 13 Decline and Legacy -- Introduction -- The Decline of Classical Slavery -- The Legacy of Ancient Slavery -- Aristotle in the New World -- The Roman Law of Slavery and Modern Slave Codes -- Conclusion -- Suggested Reading -- References -- Index -- EULA.

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