Ancient Greek and Roman Slavery

Peter Alan Hunt is a professor at the University of Colorado where he teaches a wide variety of courses including Greek and Roman slavery. He has written two books: Slaves, Warfare, and Ideology in the Greek Historians and War and Peace, and Alliance in Demosthenes’ Athens. His previous work on slavery includes chapters in the Cambridge World History of Slavery and the Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Slaveries as well as the slavery chapter in the Cambridge World History, vol. 4.

• List of Illustrations viiPreface ixAcknowledgments xiModern and Ancient References: Abbreviations xiii1 Introduction and Historical Context 12 Definitions and Evidence 173 Enslavement 314 Economics 495 Politics 676 Culture 837 Sex and Family Life 998 Manumission and Ex-Slaves 1179 Everyday Conflict 13710 Revolts 15511 Representations 17312 Philosophy and Law 19113 Decline and Legacy 209References 221Index 239

"Ancient Greek and Roman Slavery is one of the first overviews of the lives of slaves in Greece and Rome aimed at a more general reader [...] an excellent book to use for an undergraduate course on the ancient world, either as a main text or as an adjunct to a more traditional textbook that focuses on the traditional narratives of these societies." - Christian Perring, PhD, Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews"Hunt delivers an introduction to classical slavery that will appeal to a wide range of readers. The book will function equally well as a textbook in courses on ancient slavery, social history, or comparative slavery, and as a reference work for historians working on slavery in other periods. It is difficult to produce a text that serves the needs of these distinct audiences, but Hunt does so successfully by using case studies that guide the reader through the methodology of studying ancient slavery. [...] The greatest compliment that I can pay Hunt is that he has convinced me that a thematic approach [for my course], using his text, will be much more interesting. - Katharine P.D. Huemoeller, University of British Columbia for Bryn Mawr Classical Review“In this wide-ranging and thorough book, Hunt navigates complex and partial sources with great skill to produce a comprehensive account of how slavery operated, varied and changed throughout the ancient world […] Within each of these topics, Hunt is careful to present contrasting scholarly views of the evidence. […] [The book's] treatment of a huge subject is serious and well balanced, and also well written, an easy read. Highly recommended.” -Colin McDonald for Classics for All