The Lives of Roman Slaves

In this episode of the Toldinstone Podcast, Dr. Jerry Toner and I discuss the many shapes of slavery in the Roman world. Dr. Toner's works - including "How to manage your slaves" (published in the US as "The Roman guide to slave management") - can be found wherever books are sold.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:30 Thinking like a Roman
4:39 The nature of the evidence
8:20 Theories of slavery
10:48 Counting slaves
13:13 Slaves in the countryside
16:45 The servile wars
18:43 The rights of slaves
20:30 Slaves in the city of Rome
24:02 Slaves in the arena
26:06 Debating the treatment of slaves
29:45 Gaining freedom
36:08 Freedmen
42:00 An unquestioned institution