The Position of Roman Slaves
Social Realities and Legal Differences
Contributor(s)
Schermaier, Martin (editor)
Language
EnglishAbstract
Slavery takes many forms. This was also true in Roman antiquity, even though modern scholarship on Roman slavery paints the picture of a very homogenous institution. This volume intends to correct that perception. In it, renowned legal historians analyse juristic writings to showcase the social differences among slaves reflected in these texts. In this way, the papers collected here convey an impression of the complexity of Roman slave law.
Keywords
Roman law; peculium; slave families; slave hierarchiesDOI
10.1515/9783110987195ISBN
9783110987195, 9783110998689, 9783110987225, 9783110987195Publisher
De GruyterPublisher website
https://www.degruyter.com/Publication date and place
Berlin/Boston, 2023Imprint
De GruyterSeries
Dependency and Slavery Studies, 6Classification
History
General and world history
European history
Ancient history
History and Archaeology
c 1500 onwards to present day
Methods, theory and philosophy of law