Classical Slavery

Moses I. Finley

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9780714633206
• eBook ISBN: 9781317792048
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

Slavery in Greece and Rome has always prompted comparisons with that of more recent history. This volume includes discussions of the relationship between war, piracy and slavery, early abolitionist movements as well as the supply and domestic aspects of slavery in these ancient societies.

Index

• Achaeans, 11, 19
• adscripticii, 127, 137
• Aegina, 21, 24
• Aeschines, 44
• Aetolian Confederation, 22
• Africa, 114, 119, 120, 122, 125, 137, 140
• ager Cosanus, 117
• Agesilaus, King of Sparta, 18
• Agrippina, 96
• Airs, Waters, Places, 40–1, 42
• Alamans, 134–5
• Alee, 65
• Alcibiades, 23
• Alcidamus, 31, 32
• Alesia, battle of (52 BC), 56
• Alexander the Great, 19
• Algeria, 124
• Allier, 143
• Ambrose, 118
• America see also United States
• American Declaration of Independence (1776), 34
• Ammianus, 132
• ‘Anabasis’ of the Ten Thousand, 23
• Anaxagoras, 40
• ‘ancillarum feriae’ (‘Slave-girls’ Festival), 63
• Anniceris of Cyrene, 21
• Anticyra, 64
• Antiochus III, 21
• Antiphon, 39, 40, 43, 47
• Antoninus Pius, emperor, 93, 95
• Appian, 56, 63, 64, 67
• Argilos, 16
• Arisba, 17–18
• Aristophanes, 16, 17, 32, 35
• Aristotle, 11, 18–19, 28–49
• Armenia, 64
• Asia, 15, 41, 42, 43, 65, 119, 120
• Asia Minor, 26, 41, 42
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Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Moses Finley and Slavery: A Personal Note
• War, Piracy and Slavery in the Greek World
• Aristotle and the Anonymous Opponents of Slavery
• On the Roman Slave Supply and Slavebreeding
• Slavery and the Roman Family
• Circe’s Pigs: From Slavery to Serfdom in the Later Roman World
• Notes on Contributors
• Index