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Bradley, K. R. (1994) Slavery and Society at Rome. Bradley, K. (1997) ‘The problem of slavery in classical culture’, CPh 92: 273–82.

Online ISBN: 9780511780349. (1998) ‘Europe: Ancient World’, in Drescher & Engerman 1998: 192–7. (2000a) ‘Animalizing the slave: the truth of fiction’, JRS 90: 110–25.

David Eltis, Keith Bradley, Stanley L. Engerman, Paul Cartledge, Seymour Drescher.

Although chapters are devoted to the ancient Near East and the Jews, its principal concern is with the societies of ancient Greece and Rome. These are often considered as the first examples in world history of genuine slave societies because of the widespread prevalence of chattel slavery, which is argued to have been a cultural manifestation of the ubiquitous violence in societies typified by incessant warfare"-Provided by publisher. David Eltis, Keith Bradley, Stanley L.

This first instalment in the four-volume Cambridge World History of Slavery is an impressive synthesis of current Anglophone .

This first instalment in the four-volume Cambridge World History of Slavery is an impressive synthesis of current Anglophone scholarship on slavery in the Greek and Roman worlds. It is a very welcome addition to the bibliography. These are often considered as the first examples in world history of genuine slave societies because of the widespread prevalence of chattel slavery.

The cambridge world history o f sl av e ry. Most societies in the past have had slaves, and almost . Most societies in the past have had slaves, and almost all peoples have at some time in their pasts been both slaves and owners of slaves. Recent decades have seen a significant increase in our understanding of the historical role played by slavery and wide interest across a range of academic disciplines in the evolution of the institution. Although chapters are devoted to the ancient Near East and the Jews, its principal concern is with the societies of ancient Greece and Rome.

paul cartledge is A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge. University and a Fellow of Clare College.

Cite this publication. Although chapters are devoted to the ancient Near East and the Jews, its prin-. cipal concern is with the societies of ancient Greece and Rome. paul cartledge is A. He has published extensively on Greek.

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Keith Bradley, Slavery and Society at Rome (Cambridge University Press, 1994). K. Bradley, Slaves and Masters in the Roman Empire: A Study in Social Control (Oxford University Press, 1987). Moses I. Finley, Ancient Slavery and Modern Ideology (Markus Wiener Publishers, 1998). Browse the Ancient Rome era within the In Our Time archive. Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.