Slavery and Gladiators in Ancient Rome

The following powerpoint was created by:

Jewel Singles, Alim Elijah, Derrick Draper.

Slavery In Ancient Rome

• Slavery in ancient Rome played an important role in society.

• Slaves performed many domestic services.• Greek slaves were highly educated.• Unskilled slaves, or those brought to slavery as

punishment, worked on farms, in mines, and at mills.

• Their living conditions were brutal, and their lives were very short.

Duties & Punishments for Slaves

• Slaves were considered property under Roman Law. They had no legal rights to their citizenship.

• Slaves were treated very unfairly. Mostly women, they did men’s work out on mills and farms and they also could have been forced to sexual exploitation.

• The testimony of a slave could not be accepted in a court of law unless the slave was tortured with full proof.

• Your Task: You are researching slavery and Gladiators in Ancient Rome• • Information on Roman Slavery• Duties and Punishments of/for slaves• Slave owners• Who were typically slaves?• Gladiators• • Each of these items should be its own slide in your presentation. Do

not overcrowd slides…you may have more than 5. You may not have more than 8. (include a reference slide as your last slide. This will not count as one of your main slides.)

Slave Owners.