Free At Last! - The Impact of Freed Slaves on the Roman Empire

How did freed slaves reinvent themselves after the shackles of slavery had been lifted? How were they reintegrated into society, and what was their social position and status? What contributions did they make to the society that had once - sometimes brutally - repressed them? This collection builds on recent dynamic work on Roman freedmen, the contributors drawing upon a rich and varied body of evidence - visual, literary, epigraphic and archaeological - to elucidate the impact of freed slaves on Roman society and culture amid the shadow of their former servitude. The contributions span the period between the first century BC and the early third century AD and survey the territories of the Roman Republic and Empire, while focusing on Italy and Rome.>

Product details

• Authors: Sinclair Bell, Teresa Ramsby
• Assisted by: Sinclair Bell (Editor), Bell Sinclair (Editor), Teresa Ramsby (Editor), Teresa R. Ramsby (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2012
• EAN: 9781853997518
• ISBN: 978-1-85399-751-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Slavery & abolition of slavery, BCE to c 500 CE, Slavery and abolition of slavery, BCE period – Protohistory