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aqueducts roads slaves weapons and supplies hadrian home coliseum   __Slaves__  Ø  A person is put into the ownership of somebody else,      slaves on farms  Ø   slaves on public buildings  Ø   good treatments of slaves  Ø   Saturnalia festival  Ø   slaves on business  Ø   Slaves were considered property they had no rights and subjects to there owners.  Ø   The slaves could gain freedom and citizenship.  Ø   Masters often freed loyal slaves in gratitude for their faithful service, but slaves could also save money to purchase their freedom.  Ø   Conditions for slaves in Rome gradually improved, although slaves were treated cruelly in the countryside.  Ø   Some harsh masters believed in the old proverb "Every slave is an enemy," so that while humane legislation prohibited the mutilation or murder of slaves, outrageous cruelty continued. Like the Stoic philosophers, Christians taught the brotherhood of humanity and urged kindness towards slaves, but they did not consider slaves equals in status.  Ø   My advice is to save up there money that way they can buy there freedom in the community.  Ø   Or if you work hard some of the people who owned the slaves freed loyal ones.