CIVILIZATION
ROMAN
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Question
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Slavery was banned throughout ancient Rome.
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About twenty-five percent of Rome’s population was enslaved.
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Enslaved persons had the same status as Roman women.
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Slavery existed in ancient Rome but was not widespread.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which statement best describes slavery in ancient Rome? Slavery was banned throughout ancient Rome. About twenty-five percent of Rome’s population was enslaved. Enslaved persons had the same status as Roman women.
Detailed explanation-2: -A fairly large percentage of the people living in Rome and Italy were slaves. Historians aren’t sure of an exact percentage but somewhere between 20% and 30% of the people were slaves. During the early parts of the Roman Empire, as many as one third of the people in Rome were slaves.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following about slavery in ancient Rome is correct? Both nobles and common people owned slaves in Rome.
Detailed explanation-4: -Vast numbers of slaves were traded throughout the empire, from Britain in the North to Syria in the East. At the beginning of the Imperial era, it is believed that the ratio of slaves to freeborn people in the city of Rome was 3:1. Slave ownership was common for those at the top of society.