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__   AQUEDUCTS ROADS SLAVES NERO ROMANSOLDIER COLOSSEUM ENDURING IMPACT HOME

Slaves __ Slaves, unfortunately, were also a pretty big trading item in ancient Rome. If you lived in Rome and were of the high class you would probably have a slave. Here are some facts about slaves.  ·  Slaves belonged to the state or a state citizen.  ·  They worked without pay.  ·  They did most of the hardest jobs like mining and road building.  ·  House hold slaves did the laundry, cooking and cleaning.  ·  Slaves were often prisoners from war and were carefully inspected and sold.  ·  Most of the rude or rebellious slaves were sold to the mines. There they were worked to death.  ·  Slaves were punished for wrong doings.  ·  Roman slave owners would sometimes free there slave.  ·   When slaves were freed they worked as plebs being craftsman, midwives, or traders.  ·  Roman slavery was not based on race.  ·  Slaves were often whipped, branded, or cruelly mistreated.