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Number 1:
How did a person become a slave?
captured in war
abducted
sold
Number 6:
What were 3 responsibilities of household slaves?
Make food
tutor/take kids to school
dress dominus/domina
garden
Number 11:
What is "manumission"?
Being given freedom
"sent away by hand"
Number 2:
Was slavery in Ancient Rome based on Race?
No
Number 7:
Why did Seneca suggest that masters should treat enslaved people fairly?
prevent enslaved person uprising - as many slaves as free people - they had strength in numbers if they realized how many of them there were/became too unhappy. (Spartacan Slave Revolt)
Number 12:
Why would it be better to receive formal manumission?
It gave the freedman full Roman citizenship.
Number 3:
Who owned slaves in Ancient Rome?
Anyone who was free could own slaves.
Number 8:
How were enslaved people displayed at auction?
chalk on feet
placard around neck sharing job skills
Number 13:
What kinds of jobs did freedmen have?
they became clients of their masters
they might do similar jobs to enslaved people
they could also own their own businesses, own slaves themselves, etc.
Number 4:
List 4 jobs that enslaved people could have.
manager, teacher, accountant, craftsman, cook, hair/body/dresser/, guard, farmer, etc
Number 9:
What kind of essential labor did enslaved people provide?
Mines, factories, running households, teaching, accounting, etc
Number 14:
How did a slave's name change once he became a freedman?
He was given his former Dominus' praenomen and nomen along with his own name as cognomen.
Number 5:
How did slaves earn money?
jobs and tips, gambling during Saturnalia - they could buy their own freedom
Number 10:
Why was the senate worried about slaves looking different from other Romans?
If they wore different clothing, they would realize how many enslaved people there were and that they could fight back.
Number 15:
What did it mean that a freedman became a client of his former master?
Patron-client relationship - a symbiotic relationship where each supported the other in different ways