Slavery had a long history in the ancient world and was practiced in Ancient Egypt and Greece, as well as Rome. Most slaves during the Roman Empire were foreigners and, unlike in modern times ...

Sarah Bond is a professor of classics at the University of Iowa and the author of Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in ...

Imagine an advanced civilization filled with architectural wonders and military power that once spanned vast territories ...

Children born into slavery were kept in bondage for life, and as the Empire grew, they were likely a significant reason the enslaved population grew. Enslaved people, however, were worked to death by ...