Slaves
A slave life was verry hard. Slaves were usually prisoners captured in war but some of them were people captured in italy. Slaves were sold at a slave market. They were put on show with a notice around there neck saying anyone who has enough money they can buy me once they were sold they were property of there new owners and were forced to work fpr no money. Some times a rich man had up to 400 slaves. Some people beat there slaves and if they tryed to run away they could be killed.slaes were not to argue with there master and they alway has to do exactly what they said and if they didn"t they were punished. If a slave killed there master then all they other slaves in the house were killed. Both men and women were sold as slaves and young boys were the most expensive some slaves were very well educared expecially the ones from Greece so they were used to educate the childern. Women slaves were used for hairdressers dressmakers cook and servants. Other slaves worked in small work shops making leather or silver goods and pot and pans some were mines and farmers too.Some slaves were called public slaves; they worked for Rome. Their job was to
build roads and other buildings and to repair the aqueducts that supplied Rome with fresh water . Other public slves worked as clerks and taks collctors for the city.
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build roads and other buildings and to repair the aqueducts that supplied Rome with fresh water . Other public slves worked as clerks and taks collctors for the city.
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