Episode CIV - Slavery
Emperors of Rome
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Are You a Slave?
There is no real evidence that romans thought there was something wrong with the society being set up in this way. Even though you can go from being a slave to becoming a freed person, that stigma is always there. So who could own a slave? Pretty much anyone who's free. In weird circumstances, even if you were a slave, you could, on paper, own another slave,. Like a slave in charge of a household can have a slave, ye. And ownership becomes a very grey area there.
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