The Archaeology of Greek and Roman Slavery

Informationen zum Autor F.H. Thompson 's interest in slavery was first inspired by his excavation of the Iron Age hill-fort at Bigberry near Canterbury in 1978-80. Later he participated in international expeditions to the slave-worked Roman quarries in Egypt's eastern desert. A study tour in search of slavery evidence took him all over Europe and the Mediterranean and ultimately led him to write this book. Ralph Jackson , who has written the Epilogue, is Curator of the Romano-British collections at the British Museum, UK. Slavery is a word heavy with emotional and political overtones - to be owned by another person and treated as a commodity is the ultimate injustice. This book covers topics as diverse as the source of slaves, the nature of the slave trade, and the use of slave-labour in agriculture, mines and quarries, corn and weaving mills, and water-lifting. Vorwort Covers topics as diverse as the source of slaves, the nature of the slave trade, and the use of slave-labour in agriculture, mines and quarries, corn and weaving mills, and water-lifting Zusammenfassung Slavery is a word heavy with emotional and political overtones - to be owned by another person and treated as a commodity is the ultimate injustice. This book covers topics as diverse as the source of slaves, the nature of the slave trade, and the use of slave-labour in agriculture, mines and quarries, corn and weaving mills, and water-lifting. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations and Sources Foreword Kenneth S. Painter Preface1. Sources of Slaves and the Trade in Slaves2. Slaves in Greek Agriculture3. Slaves in Roman Agriculture: the Republic6. Slaves in Corn- and Weaving Mills and their Use in Lifting Devices7. Means of Restraint8. Flight and RevoltEpilogue Ralph Jackson Notes Abbreviations and Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: F H Thompson, F.H. Thompson, Thompson F.H.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.02.2003
• EAN: 9780715631959
• ISBN: 978-0-7156-3195-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 27 mm
• Series: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, Ancient World, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Slavery & abolition of slavery, BCE to c 500 CE, Slavery and abolition of slavery, BCE period – Protohistory, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology