The Roman Guide to Slave Management (31 page)

buying slaves
14
–
36

C

Callistus, Pope
198
–
200
,
204

Cannae
171

Cato
29
–
30
,
48
–
9
,
67
,
171

causes of growth in slavery
6
–
8

chain gangs
45
,
65
,
67

character of slaves
22
–
3
,
24

child tutors
27
,
36
,
136

children
15
,
43
–
4
,
47
,
50
,
66
,
71
,
108
,
125
,
174
,
175

Christians
34
,
196
–
204

Cicero
193

Circus Maximus
113
–
15
,
137

Claudius
171
–
2
,
180
,
183
,
188

clever slaves
24
,
46
,
158

clothing
42

collars
112

conspicuous consumption
28
,
34
–
5
,
65
,
192

Constantine
203
,
204

contractors
9
,
105
–
6
,
107

contracts
25
,
173
–
4

corrupting slaves
63

cost of keeping slaves
32

country slaves
11
,
26
,
74
,
137
,
157
,
178

Crassus
147
–
9

crucifixion
105
–
6
,
148
,
149

cruelty
37
,
49
,
61
–
2
,
67
,
88
–
9
,
103
,
155

Curule Aediles’ Edict
17
,
35

D

damaged goods
24

death penalty
104
–
6
,
109
–
10
,
126
,
129
,
153

decimation
147

defects in slaves
17
,
23
–
4
,
25
–
6

deference
193

Delphic manumission contracts
77
,
179

depressed slaves
25

Diogenes
31

domestic slaves
11
,
23
,
26
,
32
–
3
,
48
,
64
,
74
,
77
,
137
,
138
,
178

Domitian
126
–
7

doorkeepers
49
–
50
,
66

dream interpretation
68
–
9
,
75
–
6
,
101
–
2

E

Easter
200
–
201

educated slaves
28
,
36
,
187
–
8

Egyptian boys
17
,
69

electioneering
159
,
164

emperors
108
–
9
,
116
,
126
,
128
–
9
,
151
,
172

estate management
50
–
61
,
65

estate visits
59
–
61
,
66

eunuchs
15
,
23
–
4

exposing babies
15
,
35

F

fables
160

familiarity
135
–
6

family life
53
,
71
–
2
,
203

farm manageress
57
–
8
,
73
–
4

farm manager
50
–
60
,
66
,
67
,
73
–
4

favourites
69
–
70
,
76
–
7

See also
pet slaves

female slaves
26
–
7
,
57
–
8
,
70
–
2
,
94
–
5
,
98
,
108
,
169
,
201

First Slave War
141
–
3
,
164

flogging
105
–
6
,
122

food
39
–
42
,
65

fraud
58
–
60

Free the Slaves (NGO)
206

freedmen
175
–
7
,
180
,
181
–
95

freeing slaves
see
manumission

G

gambling
18
,
35
,
137

Germans
1
,
18
,
35
,
146

gladiators
144
,
146

good slaves
26
,
89
–
95

gossip
159
,
164

Gracchus, Gaius
94

Greek views on slavery
4
–
5
,
11
,
79
–
83
,
97
–
8

Gregory of Nyssa
204

guarantees
25
–
6

H

Hadrian
103
,
106
–
7
,
116
–
17
,
124
–
5

Hannibal
155
–
6
,
164
,
171

herdsmen
30
,
45
–
8
,
67

hired labour
46
–
7

home-bred slaves
18
,
64

hooks as torture
122

household management
3
–
4
,
8
–
9
,
177

I

illegitimate children
70

imperial freedman
151
,
187
–
9
,
194
–
5

J

Jews
199

jokes
70
,
135
–
6

Julius Caesar
16
,
169
,
180

L

labourers
46

Larcius Macedo
154
–
5
,
164

law courts
120
–
29

leg-breaking
2
,
13
,
122

legal rights
12
,
13
,
127
,
128

length of servitude
169
,
178
–
9

leniency
19
,
36
,
86
–
7
,
102
,
111
–
12

loyal slaves
84
,
89
–
95
,
99
–
100

M

magic
54
,
111
,
143
,
161
,
186
,
195

maintaining slave value
63
,
102
,
138

manumission
165
–
80
,
194

limits
167
–
8

bad reasons for,
171
,
180

selling,
172
–
3

tax
167

Marcus Aurelius
68
–
9
,
75

Mark Antony
21
–
2
,
93
–
4

marriage
168
–
9

master-murder
123
–
5
,
128
,
129
,
152
–
5

Master, being the
4
–
5
,
205

Master’s obligations
37
–
8
,
49
,
61
–
2
,
64
,
98
–
9
,
152

masters as slaves
88

millstones
106
,
118

mines
104
,
117
,
118
,
121

Modern slaves
206

moral problems
35
,
43
,
65

mosaics
105

motivational techniques
39
,
42
,
43
–
6
,
52
–
3
,
61
–
2
,
67
,
165

N

Name-callers
28

naming
32
,
36
,
182

nature of slaves
4
–
5
,
11
–
12
,
80
–
83
,
89
,
98

necessity of slaves
11

Nero
22
,
196

new slaves
18
–
19

numbers of slaves
5
,
12
–
13
,
29
,
35

nursemaids
176
,
180

O

old slaves
47
,
49
–
50
,
65
–
6
,
171
–
2
,
180

olives
41

Oracles of Astrampsychus
117
–
18
,
178
–
9

origin of slaves
17
,
19
–
20

oversupply of slaves
141
–
2
,
162

P

patronage
175
–
7
,
180
,
195

Paul, Saint
197
,
203
,
204

peculium
172
–
3

Pedanius Secundus
152
–
4

pet slaves
17

Petronius
194

philosophy of slavery
79
–
100

pirates
15
,
20
,
35
,
61
,
67

Plautus
116

Pliny the Younger
29
,
138
–
9

ploughmen
46

Pompey
94

pregnancies, unwanted
70
,
76

prices for slaves
20
–
22
,
34
–
6

prison
106

prostitution
70
–
71
,
203
,
204

psychological health
77
–
8

punishment
3
,
19
,
29
,
37
,
62
,
84
,
88
–
9
,
101
–
20

injuries suffered administering
107
,
118

R

racking
122

ransoms
16

rebellions
141
–
9

relationships
49
,
53
,
71
,
72
–
3

See also
marriage