The Position of Roman Slaves
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The Position of Roman Slaves

Social Realities and Legal Differences

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The Position of Roman Slaves

Social Realities and Legal Differences

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Slaves were property of their dominus, objects rather than persons, without rights: These are some components of our basic knowledge about Roman slavery. But Roman slavery was more diverse than we might assume from the standard wording about servile legal status. Numerous inscriptions as well as literary and legal sources reveal clear differences in the social structure of Roman slavery. There were numerous groups and professions who shared the status of being unfree while inhabiting very different worlds.

The papers in this volume pose the question of whether and how legal texts reflected such social differences within the Roman servile community. Did the legal system reinscribe social differences, and if so, in what shape? Were exceptions created only in individual cases, or did the legal system generate privileges for particular groups of slaves? Did it reinforce and even promote social differentiation? All papers probe neuralgic points that are apt to challenge the homogeneous image of Roman slave law. They show that this law was a good deal more colourful than historical research has so far assumed. The authors' primary concern is to make this legal diversity accessible to historical scholarship.

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Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2023
ISBN
9783110987225
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Slavery
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. Without Rights? Social Theories Meet Roman Law Texts
  6. Filii naturales: Social Fate or Legal Privilege?
  7. Social Status ‘Without’ Legal Difference. Historiography and Puzzling Legal Questions About Imperial Freedmen and Slaves
  8. Peculium: Paradoxes of Slaves With Property
  9. Dispensator: The Social Profile of a Servile Profession in the Satyrica and in Roman Jurists’ Texts
  10. Giving and Taking: The Effects of Roman Inheritance Law on the Social Position of Slaves
  11. Servi poenae: What Did It Mean to Be ‘Condemned to Slavery’?
  12. Favor libertatis: Slaveholders as Freedom Fighters
  13. Neither Fish nor Fowl: Some Grey Areas of Roman Slave Law
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index of Sources