Part I. The Economy of Slavery: Introduction-- 1. Among slave systems: a profile of late Roman slavery-- 2. The endless river: the supply and trade of slaves-- 3. Oikonomia: households, consumption, and production-- 4. Agricultural slavery: exchange, institutions, estates-- Part II. The Making of Honorable Society: Introduction-- 5. Semper timere: the aims and techniques of domination-- 6. Self, family, and community among slaves-- 7. Sex, status, and social reproduction-- 8. Mastery and the making of honor-- Part III. The Imperial Order: Introduction-- 9. Citizenship and litigation: slave status after the Antonine constitution-- 10. The enslavement of Mediterranean bodies: child exposure and child sale-- 11. The community of honor: the state and sexuality-- 12. Rites of manumission, rights of the freed-- Conclusion: Roman slavery, proto-modernity, and the end of antiquity-- Appendices.