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Subject(s)

• Enslaved persons—Greece—Social conditions [Browse]
• Enslaved persons—Rome—Social conditions [Browse]
• Slavery—Greece—History [Browse]
• Slavery—Rome—History [Browse]

Related name

• Descat, Raymond [Browse]
• Leopold, Marion [Browse]

Series

Wisconsin studies in classics [More in this series]

Summary note

"Jean Andreau and Raymond Descat break new ground in this comparative history of slavery in Greece and Rome. Focusing on slaves' economic role in society, their crucial contributions to Greek and Roman culture, and their daily and family lives, the authors examine the different ways in which slavery evolved in the two cultures. Accessible to both scholars and students, this book provides a detailed overview of the ancient evidence and the modern debates surrounding the vast and largely invisible populations of enslaved peoples in the classical world."--Publisher description.

Notes

Originally published in 2006 in France as Esclave en Grèce et à Rome.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• What is a slave?
• The earliest forms of slavery
• A slave population
• The slave and economic life
• The slave in the household and the city
• Escaping slavery
• Slavery at the end of the western empire.

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ISBN

• 9780299283742 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0299283747 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2011018956

OCLC

724663000

RCP

H - S

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