Compare And Contrast Greek And Roman Slavery

Roman slavery was cold-hearted, but it was not as bad as the Greek slavery. Unlike Greek slavery, much Roman slavery was allowed to attain freedom after working for several years. One of the ways that the Romans capture slaves was that they would capture their enemies during war. The Roman slavery is known to have the largest amount of slaves in the history of the world. They capture so many slaves during war that they had a big number of them. Another reason that a person will become a slave is if they were convicted of a crime, but these slaves would usually be place in mines or they would be train to become warriors. Roman people believed that it was their right as a Roman person to own a slave. Roman slaves were treated like merchandize. The Roman byers were initial to full refunds if the slave was defected.
The Greek slaves were the ones that every Roman person wanted to have because the slaves were very skilled. They were also hired as teacher or doctors for the family. Another type of slave was a domestic slave. The domestic slaves were treated according to how skilled they were. If a slave was properly educated meaning if they were able to read and write they might have been put in the position of being their master’s secretary. If a slave was full-size they would be place in the position of a doorman. Certain women slaves’ positions were a little bit better. Some slave women were allowed to become nurses, but unfortunately not all of them had the same luck. Other women were treated like courtesans. If a woman was beautiful she had to obey her master and please him