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1
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what is the highest roman group in the class structure

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senators

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name examples of bad treatments

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  • not feeding properly
    -beating
    -sexual assult and rape
    -poor living
    insuficient medical care
  • cruel punishments
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why would they beat and punish there slaves

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to instil fear

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why would they not feed the slaves properly,poor living conditons or give insufficient medical care

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because its expensive

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why would they sexually assult or rape the slaves

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for more babies and also to instil fear

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how might someone be inslaved

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1.Criminals would be condemned to slavery
2.The romans conquered lands and captured people , only if you resisted them and if they tried to conqueror you just give in
3.If your father or mother was a slave you would automatically become a slave
4.Babies who were abonded by parents also became slaves
5.Some were capturedby kidnappers and pirates even if you were a citizen

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name some good treatment

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  • properly fed
    -sufficient clothing
  • reasonable work requiremnets
  • reasonableliving quaters
  • doesn’t experince excessive cruelty
  • access to good education
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what did the placards that went around the enslaved people contain information

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-Age
-Cost
-Height
-Skills
-Physical health
-Trained or untrained
-Place of origin
-Characteristics

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when a slave ws purchased what categories were they put into

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domestic,industrial and public

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10
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where would deomestic slaves live

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private house hold

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why would you treat slave well

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1.could show a display of wealth or morality and moderation,
2.itwas expensiveto replace,
3.want to live long lives so that they could serve you for longer,
4.to have a balance of both fear and loyaalty to keep them on your side.

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why should masters feed there slaves properly

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so that they could do the work properly

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13
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what would female domestic slaves do

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  • childcare
  • shopping
  • weaving
  • often raped
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14
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what is roman society clearly divided by

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status and class

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15
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who was full citizen ship ony open to

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men

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why did women have a limited form of citizenship

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were regarded as minors in Roman law, holding the same status as children; they could not vote and had no say in the Roman political system.

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17
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what benefits were citizen intitled to

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Citizens were entitled to some bene fi ts, includ ing free entry to the public games
and free or heavily subsid ised use of the public baths;

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what were poorer citizen intitled to

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Rome were provided with free corn out of public funds.

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Plautus , The Pot of Gold , 507ff. what is he talking about

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comic play wright Plautus, one wealthy character complains about the number of trades men he had to pay

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what are the two elite roman socities

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senators and equities

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what are senators

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members of the highest social class in Rome; a senator had to own prop erty worth at least one million sesterces

22
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what isa magistrate

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elected politician of rome

23
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what is a consul

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consul the most important public official in Rome after the emperor; two consuls were elected annually

24
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what is praetor

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the second the highest category of public official in Rome, responsible for the lawcourts and imperial
administration

25
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by the first centuary what was the number of senators

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600

26
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how did someone qualify to be a senator

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a man had to be born into the senatorial class meaning that his father had been a senator or he had to have been elevated to the senatorial class by the emperor.

27
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what age were the sns of senators allowedto be elected

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17

28
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why did families fall out of thesenetorial class

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perhaps through a loss of wealth, perhaps through lack of a male heir, or perhaps through falling out of favor with the emperor.

29
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where did the senators wealth come from

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properties

30
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what were senators not allowed to do

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were free to give their time to politics
and public service; they were the only citizens who could stand each year for elec tion as magistrates

31
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what are the two most important offices

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prator and consul

32
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how many consuls were elected each year

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2

33
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what were the most important officials after the emperopr

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consuls

34
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what was the emperor allowed to appoint

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senators to a number of other roles

35
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what things could senators beappointed to do

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commanding a legion of the army, governing a province, supervising public services in Rome, or holding an important public priesthood.

36
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what privledgesdid sentors have

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reserved seating at public games and the right to wear a broad purple stripe on the border of their toga to mark their rank.

37
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what are equities

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members of the second social class in Rome; an eques trian had to own property worth at
least 400,000 sesterces.

38
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what is the literal meaning of equities

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knights

39
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what were equities

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successful businessmen, since they could engage in trade and commerce where the senators could not. Members of the second social class in Rome; an equestrian had to own property worth at least 400,000 sesterces

40
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how did the emperor use the equities

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to fill many roles in the civil service in Rome or the provinces, such as managing financial affairs.

41
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who could quistrains also be apointed by

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governers of small provinces

42
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how were equities allowed to signify there rank

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wearing a toga with a narrow purple stripe, as well as a gold finger ring.

43
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how could equities be promted to the senatorial class

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if they had enough property wealth and if a vacancy came up.

44
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what did indrustralslaves do

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Stronger male slaves for dangerous tasks
Working in minds
Factories
Large farmingestates
Conditions were grim and low life expectancy
Rowing on galley

45
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what did public slaves do

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. owned by state
Number of roles in the city
Up keep of temples
Up keep of baths
Up keep of public building
Public construction
Maintance projects
Educatedslaves worked with scribes

46
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what were benefits for public slaves

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could include working under multiple masters, so any abuse exprinced could be for a shorter period of time , there might be a sense of pride if you did your job well such as contributing to a beautiful new building,education and training could be provided variety

47
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What problems do we face when reading sources about the experiences of enslaved people

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1.all sources are produced by wealthy ,citizen men
2.Not a true represntation or how the slaves may have felt because they didn’t know
3.They may have misrepresnted events to protect their reputation

48
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I have run away. Capture me. When you have returned me to my master, Zoninus, you will receive a reward. CIL XV 7194
what does it mean

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treated like animals and were worth something to their master because slaves is quite expensive, running away was quite a common occurrence, the reward was an incentive, if you saw a slave on there own they must of escaped and there must of been a certain distrust in the slave

49
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how did cicero treat his secrtary

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close relationship and just because you treated this one slave well then it doesn’t mean that he treated other slaves well, cicero had to get everyone to know that he likes tiro and it is useful for him to have someone to look at and someone is an honoured slave

50
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what does the source tomb of naevolia tyche imply

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her husband was dead at this point and shows how sucessful freed people could be and lists some of his achievements , she put herself right at the top, people are the bottom could be clients or slaves. her husband. was an augstales. he was a merchant and his ships would go to other countries and he would buy lots of things. her husband built himself a tomb but he died the wifebuilt the tomb and got all of his inheritance.

51
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Ceratus, freed man, asks for Publius Vedius Numm[ianus] as aedile. CIL IV 910

what does it imply

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showing a freedman showing support for master and shows the connection between fredmen and master

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