ISBN:
9780714633206
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (177 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Classical Slavery
DDC:
306.3/62/0938
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Slavery in Greece and Rome has always prompted comparisons with that of more recent history. This volume includes discussions of the relationship between war, piracy and slavery, early abolitionist movements as well as the supply and domestic aspects of slavery in these ancient societies
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Moses Finley and Slavery: A Personal Note; War, Piracy and Slavery in the Greek World; Aristotle and the Anonymous Opponents of Slavery; On the Roman Slave Supply and Slavebreeding; Slavery and the Roman Family; Circe's Pigs: From Slavery to Serfdom in the Later Roman World; Notes on Contributors; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
