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Servus - How Slavery Made the Roman Empire

Inglese · Copertina rigida

Pubblicazione il 21.05.2026

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We associate the Romans with majesty and greatness: we marvel at their straight roads and innovative underfloor heating, at the dominance of their army and navy, at the grandeur of their palaces and temples. But the Romans were also enslavers. They built an empire on the backs of millions of people snatched from their homes in the aftermath of war, kidnapped from the streets, sold into slavery as punishment or, simply, born enslaved.

Servus takes us into the invisible spaces of the Roman world, where millions of enslaved lives were unwillingly dedicated to the perpetuation of the empire that owned them. From the fields of wheat required to give every Roman their daily bread, to the actors and gladiators who provided their circuses, and the miners who kept Rome a city of gold and marble, enslaved people were the bedrock of the Roman Empire. These enslaved people were ubiquitous, but silenced. Through the fragments they left behind, historian Emma Southon traces the pain and tragedy of their lives alongside the love stories, lifelong friendships, small victories and hard-won freedoms.

Servus tells the truth about the Roman empire and the unseen lives that made it so dominant.


Info autore

Emma Southon is a former bookseller and the author of A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women, A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore, a Best Book of the Year for the New Statesman. Armed with a PhD in Ancient History, she also co-hosts the History is Sexy podcast. She lives in Belfast, with her husband and her cat Livia.

Dettagli sul prodotto

Autori Emma Southon
Editore Hodder & Stoughton
 
Lingue Inglese
Formato Copertina rigida
Pubblicazione 21.05.2026
 
EAN 9781399741255
ISBN 978-1-3997-4125-5
Pagine 448
Illustrazioni Integrated b&w illustrations and maps, plus 1x8pp. colour inset
Categorie Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie

HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Civilization, Regional & national history, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Historiography, Archaeology, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Roman style

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