TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mouritsen,Henrik
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - The freedman in the Roman world
AV  - HT731 .M68 2011
U1  - 306.3/620937 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge [England], New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Freedmen
KW  - Rome
KW  - History
KW  - Slaves
KW  - Emancipation
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: approaching Roman freedmen -- Macula servitutis: slavery, freedom and manumission -- Freedmen and their patrons -- The power and status of freedmen -- The practice of manumission at Rome -- The freedman in the Roman economy -- The freedman (and his son) in public life -- Being a Roman freedman: the identity and experiences of former slaves; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
N2  - "Freedmen occupied a place in Roman society between slaves on the one hand and full citizens on the other. Playing an extremely important role in the economic life of the Roman world, they were also a key instrument for replenishing and even increasing the size of the citizen body; but their position between slave and citizen was of course not unproblematic. Henrik Mouritsen presents an original synthesis of Roman manumission, for the first time covering both Republic and Empire in a single volume. While providing up-to-date discussions of most significant aspects of the phenomenon, the book also offers a new understanding of the practice itself, its role in the organisation of slave labour and the Roman economy, as well as the deep-seated ideological concerns to which it gave rise. It locates the freedman in a broader social and economic context, explaining the remarkable popularity of manumission in the Roman world"--; "Freedmen occupied a complex and often problematic place in Roman society between slaves on the one hand and freeborn citizens on the other. Playing an extremely important role in the economic life of the Roman world, they were also a key instrument for replenishing and even increasing the size of the citizen body. This book presents an original synthesis, for the first time covering both republic and empire in a single volume. While providing up-to-date discussions of most significant aspects of the phenomenon, the book also offers a new understanding of the practice of manumission, and its role in the organisation of slave labour and the Roman economy, as well as the deep-seated ideological concerns to which it gave rise. It locates the freedman in a broader social and economic context, explaining the remarkable popularity of manumission in the Roman world"--
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