Slavery had a long history in the ancient world and was practiced ... In hard times, it was not uncommon for desperate Roman citizens to raise money by selling their children into slavery.

Ancient Rome was a man’s world ... If they angered him, he had the legal right to disown his children, sell them into slavery or even kill them. Only the paterfamilias could own property ...

The wooden writing tablet is the only deed of a sale of a slave to have been found in Roman Britain.Originally it was coated with black wax in which the scribe wrote with a stilus, but now his ...

JULIA: There was a big difference between how girls and boys were expected to behave in ancient Rome and the kinds of ... Gallio is a slave. It was very common for families to have slaves to ...