Most slaves during the Roman Empire were foreigners and, ... Slaves in Rome might include prisoners of war, sailors captured and sold by pirates, or slaves bought outside Roman territory.

Spartacus took the initiative, having his newly liberated slaves build rope out of wild vines so they could move down the mountainside to a spot the Roman had neglected to defend. The Romans ...

Archaeologists working in southern Italy have identified a Roman fortification built to contain the slave revolt leader Spartacus and his army.. Researchers have concluded that the wall, which ...

Archaeologists discovered a small bedroom used by slaves in a dig near the Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, buried by a volcanic eruption in 79 AD.

“Thus, on paper, the slaves disappeared in Judea but never arrived in Arabia, thereby becoming invisible to Roman administrators,” Dr. Dolganov said. “Henceforth, all taxes on these slaves ...

Archaeologists working in southern Italy have identified a Roman fortification built to contain the slave revolt leader Spartacus and his army.. Researchers have concluded that the wall, which ...

Archaeologists working in southern Italy have identified a Roman fortification built to contain the slave revolt leader Spartacus and his army. Researchers have concluded that the wall, which ...

Archaeologists working in southern Italy have identified a Roman fortification built to contain the slave revolt leader Spartacus and his army.