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Ancient Rome

          During the time of Ancient Rome, Romans based much of their society on the expotation of slavory. Their economic systems have become very dependent on the widespread of existed labor. Most of the slaves in Rome were in poverty, since they did not own a house, and were forced to work for Roman Kings. Slaves were an essential to Rome and without them Rome wouldn't be as strong as they were back then. Most of the complications Rome solved.

          Most Slaves in Rome worked in mines and in the Empire's many farms and potteries, and most public work were completed by Slaves as well. The government’s state bureaucracy depended very much on educated slaves to keep the empire running. Some educated slaves also kept most of the private industries going by being their accountants. There were literate slaves who were teachers, artists, and entertainers.

          In later centuries of the Roman Empire, slavery began to decrease in importance. This was because Christianity demanded to be more generous. As well as the occurring the supply of slaves began to dwindle from Rome. To Roman law slaves were regarded as “property”. They were forces to please their masters, and did not receive protection from their owners.

Now we don’t have slavery, and we learned that a religion can stop slavery (sort of). It surprised me how much they treated slaves back then, calling them property, and that they cannot receive protection from their owners. It didn’t surprise me that they did have slaves. This is interesting to know because it explains how poorly the government treated slaves. This concludes my blog post.

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