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Foreword | |
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Preface | |
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List of Maps and Illustrations | |
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Introduction: The Roman Slave Wars and History | |
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The Slave Wars in Italy and Sicily | |
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Spartacus: the Man, the Myth, and the Modern Symbol of Rebellion | |
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Reading Greek and Roman History Sources | |
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A Note about the Text | |
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The Documents | |
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Slave Life on the Large Farms: Work, Organization, and Surveillance | |
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Columella, Agricultural Slaves, and the Slave Barracks, First Century A.D | |
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Varro, Slave Ranches: Master Herdsmen and Slave Shepherds, First Century B.C | |
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Cato the Elder, The Vilicus: The Slave Farm Manager and His Duties, Second Century B.C | |
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Columella, How to Choose a Vilicus, First Century A.D | |
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Gladiators, Slaves, and Resistance | |
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Graffiti on Pompeii's Walls: Gladiators and Gladiatorial Games, First Century A.D | |
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Sallust, Gladiators as Dangerous Men: The Crisis of 63 B.C | |
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Cicero, Gladiators as Dangerous Men: The Crisis of 49 B.C | |
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Julius Caesar, Gladiators as Dangerous Men: The Crisis of 49 B.C | |
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Cassius Dio, Gladiators as Dangerous Men: The Crisis of 44 B.C | |
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Tacitus, Gladiators as Participants in War and Rebellion, Second Century A.D | |
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Seneca, Individual Gladiators Resist Their Fate, First Century A.D | |
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Symmachus, Twenty-nine Gladiators Kill Themselves, A.D. 393 | |
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Fugitive Slaves and Maroon Communities Roman Laws on Runaway Slaves | |
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Ulpian, The Legal Definition of a Fugitive Slave, Third Century A.D | |
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Ulpian, The Law concerning Fugitive Slaves, Third Century A.D | |
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Fugitive Slave Posters | |
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A Census Declaration Including Notices on Runaway Slaves, Tebtunis, Egypt, A.D. 189 | |
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A Declaration concerning a Runaway Slave, Egypt, August 13, 156 B.C | |
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An Official Notice of a Runaway Slave, Egypt, A.D. 151 | |
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Posters for Runaway Slaves, Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, Third Century A.D. (?) | |
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An Official Notice of a Runaway Slave, Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, A.D. 128 | |
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A Legal Notice concerning a Runaway Slave, Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, ca. A.D. 250���27 | |