Roman Beliefs and Extensive Slavery
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Roman Beliefs and Extensive Slavery
Slavery is claimed to have started in ancient Rome when Romulus allowed Roman fathers to sell their children into slavery. Slaves could be born into a family, on a plantation, or agricultural property. During battles, the losers were sold as slaves. The slavery of Roman prisoners of war was justified by Roman peoples’ assumption that Roman life and culture are superior to all others (Joshel, 2010). Capture and selling of criminals or pirates whose punishment included a decrease to slave class are other sources of slavery. Slavery was generally recognized as a natural part of daily existence in the Roman Republic.
The whole Roman society revolved around exploiting one group of people in order to compensate for another. Slaves were treated as property rather than human beings. Slavery is described as the full control of one person over another. There were no feelings of oppression or deprivation for those in charge since this aspect of Roman existence was so deeply ingrained in the society (Wiedemann, 2003). Owners demonstrated complete power over their property (slaves). Slavery was generally accepted as a required feature of Roman life, with the presumption that certain people’s liberation was attributed to the enslavement of others.
References
Joshel, S. R. (2010). Slavery in the Roman world. Cambridge University Press.
Wiedemann, T. (2003). Greek and Roman slavery.
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