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Language: en
Pages: 241
Authors: Simon Elliott
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-12-19 - Publisher: Greenhill Books

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The son of a former slave, Pertinax was the Roman Emperor who proved that no matter how lowly your birth, you could rise to the very top through hard work, grit
Slavery in the Late Roman World, AD 275–425
Language: en
Pages: 627
Authors: Kyle Harper
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-05-12 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Capitalizing on the rich historical record of late antiquity, and employing sophisticated methodologies from social and economic history, this book reinterprets
Freed Slaves and Roman Imperial Culture
Language: en
Pages: 221
Authors: Rose MacLean
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-17 - Publisher:

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Argues that freed slaves exerted a profound influence on the transformation of Roman values under the Principate.
Christians in Caesar’s Household
Language: en
Pages: 209
Authors: Michael Flexsenhar III
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-02-28 - Publisher: Penn State Press

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In this volume, Michael Flexsenhar III advances the argument that imperial slaves and freedpersons in the Roman Empire were essential to early Christians’ sel
Conquerors and Slaves
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: Keith Hopkins
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1981-01-31 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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The enormous size of the Roman empire and the length of time it endured call for an understanding of the institutions which sustained it. In this book, Keith Ho