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 ...

Museum of London Archaeology researchers have identified the remains of a shackled slave in Britain during the Roman Empire, ... This story has been shared 14,111 times. 14,111.

While written records show that slavery was practiced throughout the Roman Empire, ... at the time, there was a Roman cemetery less than 200 feet (60 meters) from the man's grave, ...

The realities of slavery. In Plutarch's day Rome had been the predominant political power in the ancient Mediterranean world for roughly 500 years, and was to remain so for three centuries more.

As a scholar of ancient slavery and early Christian history, I often encounter three myths that stand in the way of understanding ancient slavery and how systems of enslavement have evolved over time.

People have always been fond of music — they invented musical instruments, composed various tunes and danced since the beginning of time. In Rome, music was played in theatres during various ...

Because time is the point where slavery and redemption collide, it can help us shed light on Rashi’s first and most famous biblical exegesis, from the very beginning of Genesis: “‘In the ...

During Roman times, men usually kept their hair cut short, although the fashion of whether they had a beard or not came and went. But the women and girls, they got to have elaborate hairstyles.

But this time the patronage was on a historic scale. ... In Roman society, slaves were marked through naming practices — slave nicknames would have been quite recognizable to any Roman.

The broadside pictured above advertised a slave auction at the St. Louis Hotel in New Orleans on March 25, 1858. Eighteen people were for sale, including a family of six whose youngest child was 1.