Stage 34 After reading

In the Roman world at the time of our stories, it was almost impossible for a slave to be set free by his or her owner.

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Unlike most other ancient societies, the freed slave of a Roman citizen actually became a citizen.

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Liberti normally took the last two names of their former masters and kept their "slave name" as the first name or praenomen.

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Liberti were able to make wills and business agreements, but could not legally vote or marry.

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Neither liberti nor their children had as many political rights as freeborn citizens.

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Once set free, a former slave was forbidden by law to associate with his or her former master.

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Roman law spelled out the obligations that liberti and domini had to each other after the libertus was freed.

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Some liberti continued to live with their masters-as well as work for them-after they were set free.

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Liberti and their domini were sometimes buried in the same tomb, and Roman cives often married ancillae who had been set free.

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It was often a good financial investment for a dominus to set his slaves free.

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