PM: Roman Slavery Quiz

Hint	Answer	Extra Information
This rugged farmer proclaimed that slaves should always bet at work except for a few hours which allowed them to sleep---he found much for them to do, even on holidays		0
This much was paid for a common laborer by Horace		0
Most important class of slaves		0
Name one of three foods the rugged farmer mentioned earlier said slaves could have		0
If slave had defects not shown in this guarantee, he had to be taken back in this many months or the buyer would not be able to get back his money		0
Province which produced 'many able house servants'		0
By this Roman emperor's time, most freeborn citizens were soldiers or slave owners unless they belonged to the idle poor class in the cities		0
This was imposed on imported slaves		0
Slaves who amuse and entertain the master and his guests include		0
This slave prompted the master and told him the names of those greeting him		0
Freed Roman slave was called this by master		0
In this punishment, a heavy forked log was placed on a punished slave's shoulders with his neck in the fork, and his arms fastened to the ends projecting out, and the slave would h		0
Example of a public slave job		0
Weapon that was a sign that the sale was under public authority		Set up in the ground
Selling prisoners of war was an event conducted by the general's paymaster and financial officer, the ______		0
Province that produced many slave scribes, accountants, secretaries, and teachers		0
public slaves could dispose up to this much of their property in their will		answer with Roman alphabet letters, not Arabic numerals
Romans often rode on this, getting carried by strong Syrians or Cappadocians so they didn't have to walk		0
As many as ten or even twenty thousand slaves were owned by some individuals, according to this Greek grammarian		0
Crucifixion was the penalty for a slave and his wife and his children for trying to do this		0
Slaves born into household but still remain property of the first master		0
Slave of a slave		0
City slaves each had this many tasks		0
This many slaves assisted a man with his bath		one of two answers is required
At night, slaves carried these		fasces in latin
He paid $28, 000 for a highly educated grammarian		0
Number of slaves a gentleman in moderate circumstances should have		According to Horace
Most common weapon for punishment of slaves		Made of cords or thongs of leather, when punishment was more serious bits of bone and metal buttons were attached to the lash
Cicero's friend who carefully trained all his slaves so they could all read or write for him		0
People who appointed the place and made the rules and regulations for public auctions of slaves		0

Hint	Answer	Extra Information
Vedius Pollio, notorious for cruelty, ordered a slave to be thrown alive into a pond as food for the fish because he had broken this		0
A bit worse than farm work		0
A son was under the same legal power as a slave, but this, translated as sense of duty, generally improved public opinion for a son, whereas slaves were considered to be property,		0
This kind of pair of boys brought a larger price together than if sold separately		picky answer, watch out!
A slave's property		0
60, 000 Carthaginians were disposed by this conqueror of Carthage in the 3rd Punic War		0
Public slaves were owned by ____		0
His orations against the Catiline in 63 B.C. show how much the conspirators' plan to call out the slaves was dread by the citizens.		0
Cicero's slave secretary to whom Cicero wrote letters when he was in Athens, disclosing real affection and tenderness of feeling for his slave		0
A lot worse than farm work was this		0
This man who was a member of the First Triumvirate erected six thousand crosses along the Via Appia each bearing a survivor of the final battle in which their leader, Spartacus, fe		please answer with his normal nickname, not his full name
This very word was a curse or threat on slaves		0
Highest class slaves who were confidential assistants of their master		0
Master's power over a slave was called ____ in Latin.		0
The influence of this religion changed the condition of slaves for the better		0
Utterly incorrigible slaves were sold to become these		0
If no guarantee was given by the dealer, he put this on a slave's head at the sale		0
Patient and tireless laboring slaves were produced from this province		0
Slaves at his camp were sold for less than a dollar		0
Executioner		0
Those from the East had this done to them, a common sign of slavery among oriental peoples		0
If a slave showed executive ability as well as technical knowledge, his master often provided capital to carry on his own _______		0
In early times, Romans were shepherds or ____		0
Permanent connections between male and female slave		Children born into household were more valuable, because they were less able to contract disease and had been trained from childhood to do specific tasks; also they might feel natural affection to their home, since the children of the master and the slaves may often have been playmates
Imported slaves had this put on their feet		0
Captives wore these on their heads		thus the terms sub hasta venire or sub corona venire came to mean 'to be sold into slavery'
Freed Roman slave was called this by a fellow freed slave		0
If runaway slave was found, this part of his body was branded with the letter F, for fugitivus		Sometimes slaves also had metal collars around their necks if captured after running away
Slaves received wooden shoes every ___ years		0

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