Slavery in ancient Rome

Slavery in ancient Rome

aspect in a historical period

Yaɣ sheli	slavery
Tiŋa	Ancient Rome

Roman mosaic from Dougga, Tunisia (2nd/3rd century AD): Two large slaves carrying wine jars each wear an amulet against the evil eye on a necklace, with one in a loincloth (left) and the other in an exomis; the young slave to the left carries water and towels, and the one on the right a bough and a basket of flowers.

Slavery in ancient Rome nyɛla din sɔŋ tiŋgbana pam mini daabiligu. Bɛ daa malila daba tumdi tumanima kamani salimanima gbibu ka bɛ ka bɛ suhuyurilim. Daba ban na mali baŋsim kamani nuuni tuunbaŋsim nyɛla bɛ ni daa mali shɛba n kuri bukaata nima kamani daabiligu niŋbu ka daa nyɛ bɛ ni lahi tiri shɛba tahima ni dahinshɛli kanina ka bɛ ni deei bɛ maŋsulinsi.

Di piligu

Periodization of Roman History

• Terminology and dates as used in this article
• Regal 753–509 BC (semilegendary)
• Republican 509–27 BC

  Early Republic 509–280s/260s BC

  Middle Republic 280s–146 BC

  Classical, 2nd century BC–2nd century AD

  Late Republic 146–44 BC

  Imperial 27 BC–AD 313

  Principate 27 BC–AD 284

  Augustan era 27 BC–AD 14

  Pax Romana 1st–2nd century AD

  Crisis of the Third Century

  Christianization beginning AD 313

  Reign of Constantine I AD 306–337

  Late antiquity AD 313–mid 7th century
• Early Byzantine Empire 330–636

  Reign of Theodosius 379–395

  Reign of Justinian 527–565

Rome tuuli taarihi ni wuhi shɛm, daba shɛba bɛ ni daa mali tumdi yiŋa tuma daa pahila "familia."

Manumission

Fragment of a marble relief (1st century BC) depicting a manumission ceremony and the wearing of the pileus, a felt cap that was a symbol of liberation

Bɛ daa faarila daba bahiri bɛ dab' ba nim sani ka di nyɛla zaligu din nyɛ "manumissio" ("manumission") ka bɛ daa mali n-tumdi tuma, ka di gbunni nyɛ zaŋ nuuni bahi (de manu missio).

Serfdom

3rd century AD, Roman Empire tumtumdiba daa bi lahi galisi.

Demography

Estimated distribution of citizenship in the Roman Empire
(middle of the 1st century AD)

Region	Citizens (per cent)	Noncitizen residents (per cent)	Slaves (per cent)
Rome	55	15	30
Italy	70	5	25
Spain and Gaul	10	70	20
Other Western Provinces	3	80	17
Greece and Asia Minor	3	70	27
North African Provinces	2	70	28
Other Eastern Provinces	1	80	19

Race and ethnicity

Roman dab'tali daa bi doli zuliya, di bahi bahindi ningbungbaŋ nahingbaŋ

Lihi pahi

• Slavery in ancient Greece
• Slavery in antiquity
• History of slavery
• Slavery in the Eastern Roman Empire

Kundivihira

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