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nexum |
debt bondage- under a nexum contract, a free man became a bond slave. |
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methods to gain slaves: |
1. nexum 2. reproduction 3. war captives 4. slaves traders outside the empire 5. pirates 6. foundlings 7. natural regeneration |
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why new slaves were more expensive? |
1. trainable 2. |
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venalicium |
slave market |
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three major revolt |
- Sicily (135-132 BC) - Sicily (104-101 BC) - Italy (73-71 BC) - Spartacus - Crassus |
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peculium |
money saved by slaves for themselves |
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liberti |
freed slaves |
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pileus |
- A felt cap, was given to the former slave as symbol of manumission (freedom)
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portus |
the port |
