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Episode CLXXV - The Murder of Pedanius Secundus

Emperors of Rome

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What Other Roman Legal Writings Do We Have Thinking Slaves in This Way?

We've got no more examples of the direct application of law. Which doesn't mean that it doesn't happen. I think more so it's an indication of, you know, if they do happen, they go ahead unchallenged. A woman named icolgianella at cornell has been doing really fascinating work on the idea of enslaved cognition and how romans think about thinking slaves. Everything i sort of say here, you should think of a sort of a bad reflection of things that nicolgianella has thought of. And we should also be watching closely for her book.

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