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Free At Last!

The Impact of Freed Slaves on the Roman Empire

Teresa Ramsby editor Sinclair Bell editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:7th Nov '13

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Building on recent dynamic visual, literary and archaeological work on Roman freedmen, this book examines the impact of freed slaves on Roman society and culture.

A collection of essays on Roman freedmen in the Roman Republic and Empire.How did freed slaves reinvent themselves after the shackles of slavery had been lifted? How were they reintegrated into society, and what was their social position and status? What contributions did they make to the society that had once - sometimes brutally - repressed them? This collection builds on recent dynamic work on Roman freedmen, the contributors drawing upon a rich and varied body of evidence - visual, literary, epigraphic and archaeological - to elucidate the impact of freed slaves on Roman society and culture amid the shadow of their former servitude. The contributions span the period between the first century BC and the early third century AD and survey the territories of the Roman Republic and Empire, while focusing on Italy and Rome.

... the contributors to Free at Last! all ask interesting and important questions for the study of the role of freed slaves in the Roman Empire.' -- Ulrike Roth, University of Edinburgh, UK * Hermathena *

ISBN: 9781472504494

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 327g

224 pages