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| How could you become a slave? |
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Captured in war
Sold into slavery
Born into slavery |
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| Who said "In private life we regard the right to use barbarians as slaves" and what does it mean? |
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Isocrates
This is referring to using people captured in war as slaves |
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Term
| Where you could you buy a slave and where did they normally come from? |
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Slaves could be purchased at the market
Normally came from Turkey, Thrace and the Middle East |
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| What kind of work did female slaves do? |
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Definition
Domestic work like cooking, cleaning and looking after children
Forms of entertainment such as prostituition
Pericles lover Aspasia was rumoured to be running a brothel |
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| What kind of work did male slaves do? |
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Definition
Crafts, trade and mining
Find employment and would pay the wages to the owner |
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| What work did state slaves do? |
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Definition
Police force (could not arrest anyone)
Road Menders
Executioners
Some skilled slaves were employed to build the cities temples |
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| Why did the Athenians want slaves? |
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Definition
Slaves were considered assets of the owner and could be sold and used to produce wealth
Slaves freed wealthier citizens to take part in leisure activities |
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| What did the growth of slavery do? |
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Definition
| The growth of slavery permitted the growth of citizen freedom and democracy. |
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| What does Socrates say about slaves? |
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Definition
| Socrates lists slaves as assets "things that are both acquired and looked after with care" |
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| How did Athenians treat their slaves? |
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Definition
| There is some evidence that most Athenians treated their slaves well as they were entrusted with important tasks such as escorting children however they were often viewed not as people but as assets and greek literature is filled with saves being flogged |
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Term
| Who summed up the daily routines of the slaves as "Work, Discipline and feeding"? |
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Definition
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| What did Plato say about Slaves? |
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Definition
| "There is nothing healthy in the soul of a slave, a wise man should not entrust him with anything" |
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