kearneythorneslaves

By: Meghan and Bailey
 * Slaves **

Slaves were very important for the Romans. Without slaves, the wealthy would not have been able to lead the lifestyles that they wanted to. They were people that were frequently captured in battle and sent back to Rome to be sold to the wealthy. However, abandoned children could be brought up as slaves. The law also stated that fathers could sell their older children if they were in need of money a wealthy roman would buy at a market place. Young males with a trade could fetch quite a sum of money simply because they had a trade and their age meant that they could last for a number of years and, as such, represented value of money. Someone who was a cook for trade could be very expensive. There a slave place where they would lock up the slaves at docks so the could be sold so know you know what they were for.