The Material Life of Roman Slaves

Although slaves were ubiquitous in the fabric of Roman daily life, contemporary visitors to archaeological sites walk through landscapes that appear untouched by slavery. The Material Life of Roman Slaves retrieves and represents the physical environment and lives of Roman slaves. Through the scholarly collaboration of a historian and an art historian, the book interweaves, and sets in dialogue, the textual record of Roman law and literature on slaves and the archaeological remains of...
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Although slaves were ubiquitous in the fabric of Roman daily life, contemporary visitors to archaeological sites walk through landscapes that appear untouched by slavery. The Material Life of Roman Slaves retrieves and represents the physical environment and lives of Roman slaves. Through the scholarly collaboration of a historian and an art historian, the book interweaves, and sets in dialogue, the textual record of Roman law and literature on slaves and the archaeological remains of the houses, workshops, streets, and country villas that slaves inhabited in Pompeii, other sites on the Bay of Naples, and Ostia outside Rome.