CLST 103 - test 3 wks 7-9 Question
and answers 100% correct 2025
slavery in the roman world - correct answer ✔- slavery was an every-present
feature of the roman world
- invisible
- the history of Roman slavery is a history of "de-humanization" and
oppression
legal approach: "De-humanization" - correct answer ✔property law is applied
to people
legal approach: definition - correct answer ✔- slaves defined as both
persona (a person) and res (a thing)
- a slave is a "commodity" in the Roman world
slavery before Rome - correct answer ✔- slavery was present in
mediterranean sea region long before the formation of the Roman empire
- had crucial role in the economy and social life of many cultures (i.e. egypt,
greece)
written and material evidence - correct answer ✔- what the history of roman
slavery is based on
early - middle republic - correct answer ✔- sources during this time are
scarce
,cross-cultural analysis - correct answer ✔- "statistical cross-cultural
comparisons can be used to discover traits shared between cultures and
generate idea about cultural universals "(U. alabama)
- george peter murdock: human relation area files
i dont think any of this is important tbh
cultural evolution - correct answer ✔- all societies progress through an
identical series of distinct evolutionary stages
quantitative approach for a slaveholding society - correct answer ✔- use of
statistical and documentary evidence are used to calculate the number of
slaves
- aims to evaluate the number of slaves in a society
- slave society: slave labor is the dominant form of labor (20% of the entire
population)
- society with slaves: slave labor is not the dominant form of labor (5% of the
entire population)
- pattern non uniform across the roman world and time
qualitative approach for a slaveholding society - correct answer ✔- evaluate
the qualities/characteristics of slaves
chattel slaves:
,- are denied of any kind of physical autonomy
- usually captives
- "things" not human beings
- could be born in slavery by a relation between a slave and a master
debt slaves (nexum):
- retain civic privileges
- free individuals obliged by poverty to serve at the service of their creditors to
repay a debt
in slave societies - correct answer ✔- slaves are 20% of the entire population
- "familial gender and economic relationship are deeply affected by slaves'
presence" (shumka)
nexum or debt bondage - correct answer ✔- a free man pledged himself as a
bond slave as a surety for a loan
- it is a contract
- debtors would not relinquish their citizenship
- abolished by the lex poetelia papiria (326 BCE) during the conflict of the
orders
slavery following the twelve tables (earliest "written" legislation of Rome) mid
5th C. BCE - correct answer ✔- slave population was small
, - society didn't value slaves as highly as citizens
- if someone causes an injury to a citizen, he must pay a penalty of 300
Asses/if someone causes an injury to slave he must pay a penalty of 150
Asses
- free individuals caught in the act of theft could be whipped, slaves were
thrown to their death from the Tarpeian rock (a precipice in Rome)
lex aquilia - correct answer ✔- enacted in 287 BCE
- "person-object"
- it provided compensation to the owners of property injured by someone's
fault
reasons for the growth of slavery in Rome - correct answer ✔- military
expeditions: prisoners on an unprecedented scale
- gained capacity to acquire slaves by Roman citizens thanks to military
success
demand of slaves - correct answer ✔- in the Late Republic: slaves in
100,000 required per annum
- in the Empire: slaves 250,000 to 500,000 required per annum (total 5 to 8
million slaves)
and answers 100% correct 2025
slavery in the roman world - correct answer ✔- slavery was an every-present
feature of the roman world
- invisible
- the history of Roman slavery is a history of "de-humanization" and
oppression
legal approach: "De-humanization" - correct answer ✔property law is applied
to people
legal approach: definition - correct answer ✔- slaves defined as both
persona (a person) and res (a thing)
- a slave is a "commodity" in the Roman world
slavery before Rome - correct answer ✔- slavery was present in
mediterranean sea region long before the formation of the Roman empire
- had crucial role in the economy and social life of many cultures (i.e. egypt,
greece)
written and material evidence - correct answer ✔- what the history of roman
slavery is based on
early - middle republic - correct answer ✔- sources during this time are
scarce
,cross-cultural analysis - correct answer ✔- "statistical cross-cultural
comparisons can be used to discover traits shared between cultures and
generate idea about cultural universals "(U. alabama)
- george peter murdock: human relation area files
i dont think any of this is important tbh
cultural evolution - correct answer ✔- all societies progress through an
identical series of distinct evolutionary stages
quantitative approach for a slaveholding society - correct answer ✔- use of
statistical and documentary evidence are used to calculate the number of
slaves
- aims to evaluate the number of slaves in a society
- slave society: slave labor is the dominant form of labor (20% of the entire
population)
- society with slaves: slave labor is not the dominant form of labor (5% of the
entire population)
- pattern non uniform across the roman world and time
qualitative approach for a slaveholding society - correct answer ✔- evaluate
the qualities/characteristics of slaves
chattel slaves:
,- are denied of any kind of physical autonomy
- usually captives
- "things" not human beings
- could be born in slavery by a relation between a slave and a master
debt slaves (nexum):
- retain civic privileges
- free individuals obliged by poverty to serve at the service of their creditors to
repay a debt
in slave societies - correct answer ✔- slaves are 20% of the entire population
- "familial gender and economic relationship are deeply affected by slaves'
presence" (shumka)
nexum or debt bondage - correct answer ✔- a free man pledged himself as a
bond slave as a surety for a loan
- it is a contract
- debtors would not relinquish their citizenship
- abolished by the lex poetelia papiria (326 BCE) during the conflict of the
orders
slavery following the twelve tables (earliest "written" legislation of Rome) mid
5th C. BCE - correct answer ✔- slave population was small
, - society didn't value slaves as highly as citizens
- if someone causes an injury to a citizen, he must pay a penalty of 300
Asses/if someone causes an injury to slave he must pay a penalty of 150
Asses
- free individuals caught in the act of theft could be whipped, slaves were
thrown to their death from the Tarpeian rock (a precipice in Rome)
lex aquilia - correct answer ✔- enacted in 287 BCE
- "person-object"
- it provided compensation to the owners of property injured by someone's
fault
reasons for the growth of slavery in Rome - correct answer ✔- military
expeditions: prisoners on an unprecedented scale
- gained capacity to acquire slaves by Roman citizens thanks to military
success
demand of slaves - correct answer ✔- in the Late Republic: slaves in
100,000 required per annum
- in the Empire: slaves 250,000 to 500,000 required per annum (total 5 to 8
million slaves)
