Servus: How Slavery Made the Roman Empire by Emma Southon #literature Buenos Aires

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ISBN: 9781526650344

Servus: How Slavery Made the Roman Empire by Emma Southon #literature Buenos AiresWe associate the Romans with majesty and greatness: we marvel at their straight roads and innovative underfloor heating, at the dominance of their army and navy, at the grandeur of their palaces and temples. But the Romans were also enslavers. They built an empire on the backs of millions of people snatched from their homes in the aftermath of war, kidnapped from the streets, sold into slavery as punishment or, simply, born enslaved. Servus takes us