Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. PREFATORY STATEMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX
4. ABBREVIATIONS XI
5. I. GREEK SLAVERY FROM HOMER TO THE PERSIAN WARS 1
6. II. FROM THE PERSIAN WARS TO ALEXANDER 5
7. III. FROM THE PERSIAN WARS TO ALEXANDER 12
8. IV. FROM THE PERSIAN WARS TO ALEXANDER 22
9. V. THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN LANDS FROM ALEXANDER TO AUGUSTUS RECRUITMENT OF SLAVES AND NUMBERS 28
10. VI. THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN LANDS FROM ALEXANDER TO AUGUSTUS THE DELPHIC MANUMISSIONS: SLAVE ORIGINS, ECONOMIC AND LEGAL APPROACHES 34
11. VII. THE EASTERN AREA FROM ALEXANDER TO AUGUSTUS BASIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PRE-GREEK AND GREEK SLAVERY 39
12. VIII. SLAVERY IN HELLENISTIC EGYPT PHARAONIC TRADITION AND GREEK INTRUSIONS 46
13. IX. WAR AND SLAVERY IN T H E WEST TO 146 B. C. 57
14. X. THE ROMAN REPUBLIC PRAEDIAL SLAVERY, PIRACY, AND SLAVE REVOLTS 63
15. XI. THE LATER REPUBLIC: THE SLAVE AND THE ROMAN FAMILI 69
16. XII. THE LATER REPUBLIC: SOCIAL AND LEGAL POSITION OF SLAVES 77
17. XIII. SLAVERY UNDER T H E ROMAN EMPIRE TO CONSTANTINE THE GREAT SOURCES AND NUMBERS OF SLAVES 84
18. XIV. THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE WEST: ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF SLAVERY 90
19. XV. SLAVERY UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE: THE PROVENANCE OF SLAVES, HOW SOLD AND PRICES PAID 96
20. XVI. THE ROMAN EMPIRE: LIVING CONDITIONS AND SOCIAL LIFE OF SLAVES 102
21. XVII. IMPERIAL SLAVES AND FREEDMEN OF THE EMPERORS: AMELIORATION OF SLAVERY 109
22. XVIII. THE MORAL IMPLICATIONS OF IMPERIAL SLAVERY AND THE " DECLINE " OF ANCIENT CULTURE 118
23. XIX. IN THE EASTERN PROVINCES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE 120
24. XX. FROM DIOCLETIAN TO JUSTINIAN: PROBLEMS OF SLAVERY 128
25. XXI. FROM DIOCLETIAN TO JUSTINIAN: THE EASTERN AND THE WESTERN DEVELOPMENTS 133
26. XXII. FROM DIOCLETIAN TO JUSTINIAN: LEVELING OF POSITION BETWEEN FREE WORKERS AND SLAVES 139
27. XXIII. UPON SLAVERY AND CHRISTIANITY 149
28. XXIV. CONCLUSION 159
29. BIBLIOGRAPHY 163
30. INDEX 174