latin- roman slavery

what is an enslaved person called when born into slavery?

vernae

varro defined enslaved people as?

speaking tools

cato the elder said to?

and was what?

sell both old and sick enslaved people

he was criticised for this

what is manumission?

the process of freeing a slave

how could slaves become free?

brought their freedom

freed during a formal legal ceremony

freed in the owner’s will

roman ‘punishments’ of enslaved people were harsh because (2 answers)

they needed to force enslaved people to work

they wanted to keep enslaved people afraid

for both domestic and rural enslaved people what punishment was common?

flogging or whipping was common

most serious physical abuse such as

branding (scarring with hot iron)

leg breaking

eye-gouging

enslaved people also suffered forms of abuse which their ‘'masters’ did not consider as 'punishments’

sexual assault

theodosius tried to ban what?

ban the seperation of enslaved family members

vedius pollio did what?

supposedly fed enslaved people to eels

hadrian introduced what?