Slaves of the People

A Political and Social History of Roman Public Slavery

Franco Luciani (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

489 Seiten

2022
Franz Steiner Verlag
978-3-515-13140-7 (ISBN)

Infos

lt;p>Slavery played a crucial economic and social role in the Roman history. Unfree individuals were employed to perform a wide range of duties in both the domestic environment and the public sphere. Along with the large population of private slaves who were owned by individual masters, and the smaller but influential group of Imperial slaves who were property of the emperors, there was another category of slaves: the so-called 'public slaves' (servi publici). They were unfree individuals, owned by a community rather than a single master.

Based on primary evidence, Franco Luciani aims to provide a comprehensive study of public slavery in the Roman world. By focusing on the use of public slaves in both Rome and in other cities of the Western Empire, as well as on the development of public slavery from the Middle Republic to Late Antiquity, Luciani attempts to define public slavery and to explore the historical significance of public slavery across time. He also analyses the role played by public slaves in the life of the community they belonged to. Specific attention is then drawn to manumission of public slaves and the legal status of freed public slaves. Finally, Luciani addresses the issue of the position of public slaves in Roman society.

Autor

Franco Luciani is a Roman historian and a Latin epigrapher, mainly working on aspects of Roman social history, such as slavery and non-élite groups. His research interests also include the administration of Italy, especially during the first three centuries of the Empire, as well as the Roman inscribed daily-use objects (instrumentum inscriptum). He also worked on Italian epigraphic collections located in Veneto (Belluno, Treviso, Venezia) and Lombardy (inscriptions owned by the Italian poet Gabriele d'Annunzio).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 08.03.2022
• Reihe/Serie: Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 170 x 240 mm
• Gewicht: 842 g
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Schlagworte: Administration of Roman Cities • Arval Brethren • latin epigraphy • Municipal Charters • Public Buildings and Infrastructures • Public Slavery • public slaves • Roman Freed Slaves • Roman History • Roman law • Roman Magistrates • Roman Priests • Roman Public Administration • Roman Public Cults • Roman Public Slavery • Roman Public Slaves • Roman slavery • Roman Slaves • Roman Society • Sodales Augustales • Status of Public Slaves
• ISBN-10: 3-515-13140-X / 351513140X
• ISBN-13: 978-3-515-13140-7 / 9783515131407
• Zustand: Neuware