Slavery in Ancient Rome

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What job was a virtual death sentence as a slave in Ancient Rome? Options: working for a rich aristocrat, being sent to work in the mines, being a server in the emperor's house, working in the fields

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being sent to work in the mines

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What percentage of Rome's population was made up of slaves?

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40

Front

What was the largest source of slaves in Ancient Rome?

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prisoners of war

Front

What was the best way to show off your wealth in Ancient Rome?

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to have many slaves with different jobs follow you around

Front

What were the class of people that used to be slaves called in Ancient Rome?

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Freedmen

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Unlike the early U.S.A., many slaves were set free in Ancient Rome, and it was a practiced that was en vogue (fashionable).

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True

Front

In ancient Rome, even lower income households owned slaves.

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true

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What things were different between Ancient Roman Slavery and slavery in the United States at its founding?

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Roman slavery was not based on race and U.S. slavery was; Romans often freed their slaves and that happened rarely in the U.S.; Freedmen were a large class in Rome and there were few in the early U.S. South.

Front

In the city of Rome in the late 1st century BC there were around ----- slaves

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300,000

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What appeared on the feet of some slaves in the slave market? Options: chalk, paint, tar, sandals

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chalk