Plautus and Roman slavery /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Stewart, Roberta, 1958-
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Malden, MA ; Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
• Θέματα: Plautus, Titus Maccius > Characters > Slaves.; Plautus, Titus Maccius.; Slavery > Rome > History.; Slavery in literature.; Slaves > Rome.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.; Slavery.; Slaves.; Rome (Empire); Electronic books.; History.

This book studies a crucial phase in the history of Roman slavery, beginning with the transition to chattel slavery in the third century BCE and ending with antiquity's first large-scale slave rebellion in the 130s BCE. Slavery is a relationship of power, and to study slavery - and not simply m...