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__ What It Was Like To Be A Slave

__ Home  aqueducts Slaves Colosseum Roads Military Augustus Caesar Being a salve in ancient Rome was not as bad as you would think. Most [|slaves] were bought and sold at the market in the middle of a roman town. Gifted slaves, such as slaves that could teach reading and writing, were sold for much higher prices then laboring slaves that did housework. Many slaves were treated badly in the common roman house. They were expected to do all the chores which included cooking, cleaning, and washing their masters’ cloths. Slaves that worked on the farms had to do all of the work including picking crops, watering plants, and managing the weeds. The worst job you could get was working down in the mines. This was dangerous and backbreaking work. Many slaves did not see sunlight for up to 4 months at a time and many did not survive. Some of the [|minerals] that they mined are silver, lead, tin and gold for their masters. Many slaves were also used in the colosseum. These salves were used in the gladiatorial combats in the arena. A slave could make its owner very rich by winning these battles.

One modernday connection to slavery is that some countries still have slavery. One example is some countries in central Africa still have slavery today!media type="youtube" key="35M2NnyM6hQ" height="344" width="425"