Slavery In The Roman Empire

In the Roman world slave trade was a profitable enterprise and slaves were the one who paid the price. Slaves were put for sale on the auction block and many were not in good condition and purchaser inspects them carefully for any defects before buying making them equivalent livestock and illustrated a level of personal humiliation. The expansion of trade in the Rome force major city near the Mediterranean to increase the slave supply and had both physically and emotionally draining experience for the captives. Both female and male slave were consider objects and easily disposal therefore used for sexual pleasure. “Some may even have welcomed the situation, seeing a chance to win their owner approval and even their own freedom as a result” (Slaves and Master in the Roman Empire, 118). …show more content…
Most of the slaves were compel to wear iron collars with their owner’s name to be return on capture if they try to flee. In its undeniable that slave owners played large role in the servile life and cruelty was basic component of slavery. In Rome if a private citizenship wants to punish a slave all do is pay a fee to public facilities such as crux, patibulum and uerberatores. Some local official torture slave for free of charge and removal the corpses. Mainly, the reason for slaves to be punished is because they offended their owners. Furthermore, it is not thought that the entire slave population in Roman society was sexually abuse and physically