slaves were mainly prisoners captured in battle. They came from any country in the Roman Empire including Britain. Slaves could be men, women, boys or girls. If a slave married and had children, the children would automatically become slaves.
How could a wealthy Roman get a slave? Slaves were sold at a slave market.
How much did a slave cost?
The price of a slave depended on what they could do for their masters. A slave with a talent, skill or trade was more expensive especially if they could cook. Young men also cost more as they could work for their masters longer than an older slave.
How many slaves were there?
No-one is sure how many slaves existed in the Roman Empire.
How many slaves did a family have?
A wealthy Roman might have between 400 and 500 slaves.
What was life like for a slave?
Life was very hard for many slaves. In Roman law they were seen as property of their master. Slaves had no rights, they could be treated as good or as badly as their masters wished.
Some slaves were treated brutally, whilst others led a good life with masters who looked after them well.
What was a typical day for a slave like?
A slave’s day began very early in the morning, often before sunrise. There were many jobs to do around the house but often the first job was to fire up the hypocaust if the weather was cold.
A slave's job around the house included:
helping dress the family drying them after they have bathed cleaning a villa washing clothes preparing the day’s meals serving food and drink What jobs did slaves do outside the home?
The hardest job for slaves was working down mines to mine silver, lead, tin and gold for their masters. It was back breaking and often a slave down the mine would not get to see sunlight for months at a time.
Slaves living in the countryside worked on farms.
Some slave who had a particular skill worked for example as weavers, accountants or tutor for their masters children. Could a slave be set free?
Many slaves were very fortunate to be freed after about thirty years of service. A person who was once a slave was called a 'freedman' or 'freewoman'.
How could a slave get his/her freedom?
A slave could only get their freedom if they were given it by their master or if they bought their freedom. The cost of freedom was same sum of money that their master had paid for.Here is a link
Wool, the most commonly used fibre, was most likely the first material to be spun. The sheep of Tarentum were renowned for the quality of their wool, although the Romans never ceased trying to optimise the quality of wool through cross-breeding. The production of linen and hemp was very similar to that of wool and was described by Pliny the Elder. After the harvest, the material would be immersed (most probably in water), it would be skinned and then aired. Once dry, the fibers would be pressed mechanically (with a mallet) and then smoothed. Following this, the materials were woven. Linen and hemp both are tough and durable materials.
Silk and cotton were imported, from China and India respectively. Silk was rare and expensive; a luxury afforded only to the rich. Due to the cost of imported clothing, quality garments were also woven from nettle.
Wild silk, that is, cocoons collected from the wild after the insect had eaten its way out, also was known. Wild silk, being of smaller lengths, had to be spun. A rare luxury cloth with a beautiful golden sheen, known as sea silk, was made from the long silky filaments or byssus produced by Pinna nobilis, a large Mediterranean seashell.
These different fibres had to be prepared in different ways. According to Forbes, their wool contained around 50% fatty impurities, flax and hemp were about 25% impure, silk was between 19 and 25% impure, while cotton (the most pure of all the source fibers) contained only 6% impurities
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slaves were mainly prisoners captured in battle. They came from any country in the Roman
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Slaves could be men, women, boys or girls.
If a slave married and had children, the children would automatically become slaves.
How could a wealthy Roman get a slave?
Slaves were sold at a slave market.
How much did a slave cost?
The price of a slave depended on what they could do for their masters. A slave with a talent, skill or trade was more expensive especially if they could cook. Young men also cost more as they could work for their masters longer than an older slave.
How many slaves were there?
No-one is sure how many slaves existed in the Roman Empire.
How many slaves did a family have?
A wealthy Roman might have between 400 and 500 slaves.
What was life like for a slave?
Life was very hard for many slaves. In Roman law they were seen as property of their master. Slaves had no rights, they could be treated as good or as badly as their masters wished.
Some slaves were treated brutally, whilst others led a good life with masters who looked after them well.
What was a typical day for a slave like?
A slave’s day began very early in the morning, often before sunrise. There were many jobs to do around the house but often the first job was to fire up the hypocaust if the weather was cold.
A slave's job around the house included:
helping dress the family
drying them after they have bathed
cleaning a villa
washing clothes
preparing the day’s meals
serving food and drink
What jobs did slaves do outside the home?
The hardest job for slaves was working down mines to mine silver, lead, tin and gold for their masters. It was back breaking and often a slave down the mine would not get to see sunlight for months at a time.
Slaves living in the countryside worked on farms.
Some slave who had a particular skill worked for example as weavers, accountants or tutor for their masters children.
Could a slave be set free?
Many slaves were very fortunate to be freed after about thirty years of service. A person who was once a slave was called a 'freedman' or 'freewoman'.
How could a slave get his/her freedom?
A slave could only get their freedom if they were given it by their master or if they bought their freedom. The cost of freedom was same sum of money that their master had paid for.Here is a link
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ReplyDeleteWool, the most commonly used fibre, was most likely the first material to be spun. The sheep of Tarentum were renowned for the quality of their wool, although the Romans never ceased trying to optimise the quality of wool through cross-breeding. The production of linen and hemp was very similar to that of wool and was described by Pliny the Elder. After the harvest, the material would be immersed (most probably in water), it would be skinned and then aired. Once dry, the fibers would be pressed mechanically (with a mallet) and then smoothed. Following this, the materials were woven. Linen and hemp both are tough and durable materials.
Silk and cotton were imported, from China and India respectively. Silk was rare and expensive; a luxury afforded only to the rich. Due to the cost of imported clothing, quality garments were also woven from nettle.
Wild silk, that is, cocoons collected from the wild after the insect had eaten its way out, also was known. Wild silk, being of smaller lengths, had to be spun. A rare luxury cloth with a beautiful golden sheen, known as sea silk, was made from the long silky filaments or byssus produced by Pinna nobilis, a large Mediterranean seashell.
These different fibres had to be prepared in different ways. According to Forbes, their wool contained around 50% fatty impurities, flax and hemp were about 25% impure, silk was between 19 and 25% impure, while cotton (the most pure of all the source fibers) contained only 6% impurities
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