Slaves Flashcards
What did slaves do as labour?
They worked on farms and quarries.
What did slaves do for work?
they worked on farms, in shops, in mines as hairdressers and in rich Roman households.
What did slaves wear for clothing/shoes?
Slaves wore clothing such as a tunic weighing 3.5 pounds and a cloak in alternate years and Good wooden shoes were given to a slave every second year.
How did slaves get freedom?
Some slaves were given their freedom or earned enough money to buy it.
How were slaves gained?
They were gained through Victorias wars and taken as prisoner of war or kidnapped from another land.
Why did slaves kill their children?
Slaves killed their young children so they wouldn’t become slaves.
How did slaves calculate someone’s wealth?
A person’s wealth calculated the number of slaves they owned.
How many slaves were gained after the Punic wars?
250,0000
What did Romans do with sick slaves and why?
Sick slaves were left to die because they did not want to waste money on medicine.
What was the ceremony called when slaves were let free?
called Mana Museum
What was the food slaves ate/drink?
Slaves were given minimal bread as food and wine to drink.
What would sometimes happen to the slaves that worked for a Roman household?
some slaves would be considered a family member.
