Greek and Roman Slaveries

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Eftychia Bathrellou (University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal) Kostas Vlassopoulos (University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece)

Greek and Roman Slaveries

Eftychia Bathrellou (University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal), Kostas Vlassopoulos (University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece)

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Blackwell Publishing
18 April 2022

History; General & world history

Series: Blackwell Sourcebooks in Ancient History

Greek and Roman Slaveries

Slavery was foundational to Greek and Roman societies, affecting nearly all of their economic, social, political, and cultural practices. Greek and Roman Slaveries offers a rich collection of literary, epigraphic, papyrological, and archaeological sources, including many unfamiliar ones. This sourcebook ranges chronologically from the archaic period to late antiquity, covering the whole of the Mediterranean, the Near East, and temperate Europe.

Readers will find an interactive and user-friendly engagement with past scholarship and new research agendas that focuses particularly on the agency of ancient slaves, the processes in which slavery was inscribed, the changing history of slavery in antiquity, and the comparative study of ancient slaveries.

Perfect for undergraduate and graduate students taking courses on ancient slavery, as well as courses on slavery more generally, this sourcebook's questions, cross-references, and bibliographies encourage an analytical and interactive approach to the various economic, social, and political processes and contexts in which slavery was employed while acknowledging the agency of enslaved persons.

By: Eftychia Bathrellou (University of Lisbon Lisbon Portugal), Kostas Vlassopoulos (University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece)
Imprint: Blackwell Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 249mm, Width: 175mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 794g
ISBN: 9781118969298
ISBN 10: 1118969294
Series: Blackwell Sourcebooks in Ancient History
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 18 April 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures and Maps ix Note to the Reader xi Acknowledgements xiii Abbreviations xv Introduction 1 1 What Is Slavery? 4 2 Studying Slavery: The Variety of Evidence and Its Interpretative Challenges 30 3 Living with Slavery and Its Consequences 56 4 Slaving Strategies 85 5 Masters and Slaves 116 6 Free and Slave 139 7 Enslaved Persons and Their Communities 162 8 Slavery and the Wider World 194 9 Experiencing and Resisting Enslavement 222 10 After Slavery: Manumission, Freedmen, and Freedwomen 250 11 Slavery and Historical Change 277 12 Comparing Ancient Slaveries 305 Bibliography 337 Index of Passages Cited 358 Index of Places and Peoples 364 Index of Names 368 Thematic Index 376

Eftychia Bathrellou is Researcher at the Centre for Classical Studies at the University of Lisbon (CEC-FLUL). She is the author of articles on Greek comedy, particularly the Athenian poet Menander, and on representations of slaves and slavery in Greek drama. Kostas Vlassopoulos is Associate Professor of Ancient History at the University of Crete. His research is focused on the study of ancient slavery, ancient globalization, intercultural relations, political thought, historiography, and comparative history.

Reviews for Greek and Roman Slaveries

""The [volume] is ambitious and wide-ranging and often surprising... This collation is a significant work of scholarship in itself... a provoking (in a good sense) collection and a valuable resource. I will use it and make sure that my students can access it."" (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)