Rome: A Slave Society

Title: Rome: A Slave Society Summary: Main idea: Rome was undeniably a slave society, deeply reliant on slave labor across all sectors, with potentially 20% of the Italian population (1.5-2 million) enslaved in the mid-1st century BCE. Key points:

Roman production, agriculture, and daily life depended heavily on enslaved labor.
Evidence points to massive numbers of enslaved people, including households with hundreds of slaves.
Conquest fuelled Roman slavery. Actionable takeaways:
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