Slave freedom in ancient Greece followed a strategic system of earnings, pricing, and extended service, new research shows.

Theory and Society, Vol. 48, No. 6 (December 2019), pp. 823-833 (11 pages) In 1978 and 1979, while a visiting fellow at Cambridge University, Orlando Patterson engaged in a number of conversations ...

Slavery had a long history in the ancient world and was practiced in Ancient Egypt and Greece, as well as Rome. Most slaves during the Roman Empire were foreigners and, unlike in modern times, Roman ...

Noel Lenski, an associate professor of classics at CU and recent Guggenheim Fellowship recipient, notes the long history of slavery and the fact that ancient economies were built with the sweat of ...

Archaeologists have discovered a small bedroom in an Ancient Roman villa near to Pompeii that was almost certainly used by slaves. The find has thrown new light on ...

A new study reveals that gaining freedom for slaves in ancient Greece followed a complex system that combined economic strategy, legal obligations and selective incentives. While some slaves could ...

Earlier this year, a luxury villa filled with colorful frescoes and marble baths was restored in Pompeii, offering a glimpse of life at the top in ancient Italy. Now, a small, rodent-infested slave ...