Tag Archives: Slavery Greek history

slave : everything but free them

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Dave

The Old Ways. The peculiar institution of the Roman Empire known as slavery. The Greeks and later the Romans practiced slavery and condoned it for reasons of war, luxury and business, and even the jolt of Christianity could little dent … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Cicero, Don Nardo, Eddie Cantor, Edward Gibbon, F.R. Cowell, Herodotus, Lionel Casson, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Michael Grant, Plutarch, Roman slave markets, Roman slave trade, Sarah Pomeroy, Seneca Greek stoic, Slavery Greek history, Slavery in Roman Empire | Leave a comment

slave: barbarians and barter for the buck

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Dave

Slavery. A peculiar institution of the Old World. The Greeks and Romans practiced slavery and condoned it; that is, condoned it for war, condoned it for luxury and condoned it for business. But even then, they knew it to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Ancient Roman slave trade, ancient slave revolts, Capua gladiator school, Cicero, Edward Gibbon, Flavius Josephus, Florentinus Roman Jurist, Horace Roman poet, Jacques-Louis David, Jonathan Jones Guardian, Marcus Aurelius column Rome, Roman Retiarus gladiator, Slavery Greek history, Slavery in the Roman Empire, Sparatacus slave revolt, Spartacus | Leave a comment

deathbed manumissions

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Dave

It is a particular institution of the Old World: slavery. The Greeks and Romans practiced slavery and condoned it- for war, for luxury, and for business. But even they knew it to be evil… Bills of sale were usually written … Continue reading →