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Why did the people in the Roman Empire do slavery (27 BCE - 200 CE)?
The people in the Roman Empire did slavery (27 BCE - 200 CE) because this was the time when they were trying to stabilize the Roman Empire and they needed a lot of workers for that so they used slaves.

I think the writer wrote this because he wanted to help people that are very curious to know about these type of things.

Mark, Joshua. “Pax Romana”. Ancient history encyclopedia.

Where did the slaves live (if they lived anywhere)?
The slaves lived in property that was owned by their masters but they were still allowed to treat it as their own property.

Bankston, Zach. “Slavery in ancient Rome”. Wikipedia the free encyclopedia.

I think the writers of this piece of writing wrote it because they had a popular website and they wanted to encourage the reader to visit their website more often. I think I can trust most of this website.
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Slavery in Rome started in the first century.

Petronius. “The Roman Empire: in the first century”. The Roman Empire.

I think the writer of this piece wrote it because they wanted to make a nice website to help people. I think I can trust this website.

Has slavery changed since the Roman Empire?
Slavery has changed a lot since the Roman Empire, for example slavery was very normal almost everywhere in Rome in the Ancient Times but now it is only normal in very few

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