Free at last! : the impact of freed slaves on the Roman empire /

How did freed slaves reinvent themselves after the shackles of slavery had been lifted? How were they reintegrated into society, and what was their social position and status? What contributions did they make to the society that had once - sometimes brutally - repressed them? This collection builds...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bell, Sinclair, Ramsby, Teresa R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, UK : Bristol Classical Press, 2012.
Temas:
Freed persons > Rome > History.
Freed persons > Rome > Social conditions.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > Rome.
Slavery > Rome > History.
Personnes affranchies > Rome > Histoire.
Personnes affranchies > Rome > Conditions sociales.
Esclaves > Affranchissement > Rome.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Civilization
Freed persons
Freed persons > Social conditions
Slavery
Enslaved persons > Emancipation
Freigelassener
Rome > Civilization.
Rome > Civilisation.
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:How did freed slaves reinvent themselves after the shackles of slavery had been lifted? How were they reintegrated into society, and what was their social position and status? What contributions did they make to the society that had once - sometimes brutally - repressed them? This collection builds on recent dynamic work on Roman freedmen, the contributors drawing upon a rich and varied body of evidence - visual, literary, epigraphic and archaeological - to elucidate the impact of freed slaves on Roman society and culture amid the shadow of their former servitude. The contributions span the pe.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 212 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781472502957
1472502957
1299051650
9781299051652

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