Slavery in Ancient Rome

What job was a "virtual death sentence" as a slave in Ancient Rome?

• working for a rich aristocrat

• being sent to work in the mines

• being a server in Caesar's house

• working in the fields

What jobs could a slave be forced to do in Ancient Rome?

• Barber

• Stable Hand

• Soldier

• Cook

Due to the 2:1 ratio of Roman:slave, what were Romans always worried about due to the large number of slaves in Ancient Rome?

• A Great Slave Revolt

• Slaves getting their freedom

• Slaves escaping

• Slavery being outlawed

What were the largest segment of slaves in Ancient Rome?

• children sold into slavery

• soldiers

• prisoners of war

• plebeians who lost their money

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

• to sell slaves for profit

• to have many slaves with different jobs follow you around

• to be a banker and deal in slaves

• to be general and sell prisoners of war

It would be unheard of to see a slave in the courtroom in Ancient Rome.

• True

• False

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

• Ex-slaves

• Freedom Fighters

• Underground Railroad

• Freedmen

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

• True

• False

If a freed slave had a child, that child would be a......

• Full citizen of Ancient Rome

• Freedman

• General in the army

• Slave

What things were different between Ancient Roman Slavery and slavery in the United Stated at it's founding?

• 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

• All of the above