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Slavery and Gladiators in Ancient Rome

Slavery and Gladiators in Ancient Rome. The following powerpoint was created by: Jewel Singles, Alim Elijah, Derrick Draper. . Slavery In A ncient Rome. Slavery in ancient Rome played an important role in society. Slaves performed many domestic services.

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Slavery and Gladiators in Ancient Rome

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  1. Slavery and Gladiators in Ancient Rome The following powerpoint was created by: Jewel Singles, Alim Elijah, Derrick Draper.

  2. Slavery In Ancient Rome • Slavery in ancient Rome played an important role in society. • Slaves performed many domestic services. • Greek slaves were highly educated. • Unskilled slaves, or those brought to slavery as punishment, worked on farms, in mines, and at mills. • Their living conditions were brutal, and their lives were very short.

  3. Duties & Punishments for Slaves • Slaves were considered property under Roman Law. They had no legal rights to their citizenship. • Slaves were treated very unfairly. Mostly women, they did men’s work out on mills and farms and they also could have been forced to sexual exploitation. • The testimony of a slave could not be accepted in a court of law unless the slave was tortured with full proof.

  4. Your Task: You are researching slavery and Gladiators in Ancient Rome • Information on Roman Slavery • Duties and Punishments of/for slaves • Slave owners • Who were typically slaves? • Gladiators • Each of these items should be its own slide in your presentation. Do not overcrowd slides…you may have more than 5. You may not have more than 8. (include a reference slide as your last slide. This will not count as one of your main slides.)

  5. Slave Owners.

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