Could you please make a video about the improvement of slaves’ rights in the later Roman Empire? (From the ban to kill a slave without a reason to the ban on sex slavery under Justinian) and the social changes, that caused this development
I think the reasons why insurgencies weren't frequent dependends on a number of things. One could be lack of organisation, meaning a man or group that could rally slaves. Another is the fear for your life, further more they were branded (tattoo in their face) so they were easaly recognisable as slaves. The suppression was a great impediment (probably).
Fascinating! I just happened to finish the Doctor Who (Hartnell) series where Barbara and Ian become Roman slaves and the Doctor is “inadvertently” responsible for Nero burning Rome!
I suppose the brutality and sometimes deadly outcome to slaves who attempted rebellion by their Roman slavemasters proved to be deterrent enough for further uprising. Slaves who attempted an uprising did so I suspect with realisation that they could possibly pay the ultimate price should they be unsuccessful.
Yep, part of the population. But slavery has been everywhere as an institution. I find it really isn’t talked about on here. Let’s get it out. Where were they? Where were they sold. How did they live? Were babies sold with mothers? What about children? How much did each cost? Who wanted them? Say it like it is, what it was like. Must have lucrative, because it went on for generations, all across every civilization.
Was it possible for a slave to be a guard to a house/villa? (Off topic but I had a past life regression, whether real or imagination, where I was paperboy a slave guarding a teenage woman’s house whose father was my owner).
The Roman Empire was a militarized empire. There must always have been some soldiers around somewhere; or pensioned soldiers who could use a sword if necessary. Sure, gladiator could be a fierce force with weapons in their hand, but those were weapons adjusted to arena fights, not weapons that were the best weapons to use if you were to build and work like an army. And then there are the traitors. Could you trust your fellow slave? Some slaves would have been very faithful to their masters, and counting on better living conditions by being very loyal to their owners. And then, last but not least - the scared and the deceitful who would gladly betray their fellow slaves for personal gain. If you are unlucky, you have someone like that in your friend group or in your workplace - saying this to one group and that to another, while making sure he/she is on very good terms with the boss.
Large-scale slave rebellions have occurred throughout history, but they are rare and rarely successful. The Haitian Revolution (1791) is the only real success I know. Slave societies have mechanisms to prevent and suppress rebellions, such as surveillance, harsh punishments, and a robust military presence. So most were crushed almost immediately or after long, bitter wars, e.g. the Palmares. The slave owners kept the war going for nearly 100 years till they crushed it. To a slave-owner society, a rebellion of slaves is a threat to the existing order. It's also important to consider the economic realities people faced before the advent of modern welfare states. Many faced minimal options for survival, so the choice many faced was slavery or starvation. So you were a slave, and you ran away; hiding is hard, but also, where do you get money to eat? This was why people in desperate situations entered into slavery voluntarily as a means of survival.
You dont say... this peculiar institution was the norm for centuries. History should pay thanks to the commonwealth and America for defeating it rather than singling them out as the progenitors.
@@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia absolutely, the inumerable perpetrators are equally evil in my mind save for the few of their countrymen that fought for the sake of empathy and justice for their fellow man.
The United States and Brazil were rather late in abolishing slavery...and even then, slavery is still constitutional in the US in the form of punishment of convicts.... Or were you referring to something else? Can you clarify?
@athenahepler4030 yes America sent a million men to their deaths in the name of ending it. And no private prisons aren't slavery. Are you equating slaves to criminals Athena?
