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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467665803321

Autore

Hunt Peter <1961->

Titolo

Ancient Greek and Roman slavery / / Peter Hunt, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2018

ISBN

1-78785-697-6

1-119-42105-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

306.3/6209495

Soggetti

Slavery - Greece - History

Slavery - Rome - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction and historical context 2 Definitions and Evidence 3 Enslavement 4 Economics 5 Politics 6 Culture 7 Sex and Family Life 8 Manumission and Ex-Slaves 9 Everyday conflict 10 Revolts 11 Representations 12 Philosophy and Law 13 Decline and Legacy.

Sommario/riassunto

"The general introduction will provide the political and historical context for Greek and Roman slavery and briefly survey the institutions themselves. Each chapter will open with a section on "Background and Methodology." These will orient the reader for the chapter's "Case Studies," one from Greece and one from Rome--and sometimes a Hellenistic case--that would constitute the bulk of the book"--