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ROMAN SLAVERY, PART 2

ROMAN SLAVERY, PART 2. Freeing slaves was a very common practice in Roman culture. In fact, during the time of the emperor Augustus, the practice of freeing slaves was so common that he had to pass a law limiting when a master could free his slave. Most slaves were paid a peculium

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ROMAN SLAVERY, PART 2

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  1. ROMAN SLAVERY, PART 2

  2. Freeing slaves was a very common practice in Roman culture.

  3. In fact, during the time of the emperor Augustus, the practice of freeing slaves was so common that he had to pass a law limiting when a master could free his slave.

  4. Most slaves were paid a peculium (a small salary) for their services.

  5. Although a slave could use this money to purchase property or even other slaves, most used the money to buy their freedom.

  6. Slaves could also be freed by a master in his will.

  7. Augustan law limited this too, as it decreed that no more than 100 slaves could be free at one time in a will.

  8. The act of freeing a slave was called manumission.

  9. Manumission was a legal ceremony usually performed at a basilica by a iudex.

  10. In the presence of one witness, a master would deny his claim on a slave, the slave’s head would be touched with a rod and then declared free by the iudex.

  11. Once freed, the former slave was now a libertus (freedman) or a liberta (freedwoman). Most would now wear a pileus (hat designed for liberti)

  12. Although a libertus did enjoy the full privileges of Roman citizenship and its privileges, there were a few drawbacks: • could not run for public office • could not be a high ranking official in the army • had to work for his former master for a fixed number of days a month • had to serve as a client to his former master

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