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The Roman Guide to Slave Management
A Treatise by Nobleman Marcus Sidonius Falx
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- English
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About this book
A scholar explores the history of slavery in Ancient Rome using a fictional story as a backdrop.
Marcus Sidonius Falx is an average Roman citizen. Born of a relatively well-off noble family, he lives on a palatial estate in Campania, dines with senators and generals, and, like all of his ancestors before him, owns countless slaves. Having spent most of his life managing his servants—many of them prisoners from Rome's military conquests—he decided to write a kind of owner's manual for his friends and countrymen.
The result, The Roman Guide to Slave Management, is a sly, subversive guide to the realities of servitude in ancient Rome. Cambridge scholar Jerry Toner uses Falx, his fictional but true-to-life creation, to describe where and how to Romans bought slaves, how they could tell an obedient worker from a troublemaker, and even how the ruling class reacted to the inevitable slave revolts. Toner also adds commentary throughout, analyzing the callous words and casual brutality of Falx and his compatriots and putting it all in context for the modern reader.
Written with a deep knowledge of ancient culture—and the depths of its cruelty—this is the Roman Empire as you've never seen it before.Â
"By turns charming, haughty, and brutal . . . an ingenious device." — The New Yorker
"[Toner's] history and commentary provides context for the dirty institution upon which modern civilization is built." — Publishers Weekly
Marcus Sidonius Falx is an average Roman citizen. Born of a relatively well-off noble family, he lives on a palatial estate in Campania, dines with senators and generals, and, like all of his ancestors before him, owns countless slaves. Having spent most of his life managing his servants—many of them prisoners from Rome's military conquests—he decided to write a kind of owner's manual for his friends and countrymen.
The result, The Roman Guide to Slave Management, is a sly, subversive guide to the realities of servitude in ancient Rome. Cambridge scholar Jerry Toner uses Falx, his fictional but true-to-life creation, to describe where and how to Romans bought slaves, how they could tell an obedient worker from a troublemaker, and even how the ruling class reacted to the inevitable slave revolts. Toner also adds commentary throughout, analyzing the callous words and casual brutality of Falx and his compatriots and putting it all in context for the modern reader.
Written with a deep knowledge of ancient culture—and the depths of its cruelty—this is the Roman Empire as you've never seen it before.Â
"By turns charming, haughty, and brutal . . . an ingenious device." — The New Yorker
"[Toner's] history and commentary provides context for the dirty institution upon which modern civilization is built." — Publishers Weekly
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- FOREWORD Mary Beard
- Author’s Note
- Commentator’s Note
- INTRODUCTION Be the Master
- CHAPTER I How to Buy a Slave
- CHAPTER II Getting the Best from Your Slaves
- CHAPTER III Sex and Slaves
- CHAPTER IV What Makes a Good Slave?
- CHAPTER V The Punishment of Slaves
- CHAPTER VI When Only Torture Will Do
- CHAPTER VII Fun and Games
- CHAPTER VIII Remember Spartacus!
- CHAPTER IX Setting Slaves Free
- CHAPTER X The Problem with Freedmen
- CHAPTER XI Christians and Their Slaves
- EPILOGUE Farewell!
- Further Reading
- Index
- About the Author
- About the The Roman Guide to Slave Management