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 = Roman Slavery =

__ Links __ Home      roads        circus maximus         slavery   Roman Solider    Aqueducts Nero **In ancient Roman the slaves were used to improve land, cultivate crops, construction, and to do chores/jobs. If some one had a slave they were normally wealthy or rich. The slaves had some legal rights and were able to work on trials. Slave owners were not allowed to kill their slaves by law. They were able to gain their freedom back in two ways and that was either by buying it back or by their owners graduate. The first know use of slavery for agricultural reasons was around 3000b.c. in Mesopotamia . By the 15th and 16th centuries, Portuguese and Spanish slavers understood the commercial value of enslaving Africans for agricultural work. If you were a slave in ancient Rome ** ** you would have to do all of the above **.

 **A modern day connection to the slavery in ancient ****Rome ** **would be having you’re own personal chef and having a made. They connect to the slavery in ancient ****Rome ** ** because in ancient times the made did all the cooking when they were asked cleaned when were told and basically were bossed around. They always had to meet the expectations of their owner/people they worked for, just like today. ** 