The Roman Guide to Slave Management
A Treatise by Nobleman Marcus Sidonius Falx
Having spent most of his life managing his servants-many of them prisoners from Rome's military conquests-he decided to write a kind of owner's manual for his friends and countrymen. The result, The Roman Guide to Slave Management, is a sly, subversive guide to the realities of servitude in ancient Rome. Cambridge scholar Jerry Toner uses Falx, his fictional but true-to-life creation, to describe where and how to Romans bought slaves, how they could tell an obedient worker from a troublemaker, and even how the ruling class reacted to the inevitable slave revolts. Toner also adds commentary throughout, analyzing the callous words and casual br…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4683-1027-6
- EAN: 9781468310276
- Produktnummer: 29832283
- Verlag: Abrams
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'744 KB
Über den Autor
Jerry Toner is Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at Churchill College, Cambridge. He is the author of The Roman Guide to Slave Management.Mary Beard is a Cambridge professor and author of more than a dozen books, including Confronting the Classics.
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