Greek and Roman Slaveries. Eftychia Bathrellou

      

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Greek and Roman Slaveries

      Eftychia Bathrellou

      University of LisbonLisbon, Portugal

      Kostas Vlassopoulos

      University of CreteRethymno, Greece

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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Bathrellou, Eftychia, author. | Vlassopoulos, Kostas, 1977- author. Title: Greek and Roman slaveries / Eftychia Bathrellou, Kostas Vlassopoulos. Description: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2021021140 | ISBN 9781118969298 (paperback) | ISBN 9781118969328 (pdf) | ISBN 9781118969335 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Slavery--Rome--History. | Slavery--Greece--History. Classification: LCC HT863 .B38 2022 | DDC 306.3/6209495--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021021140

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To the memory of Gerasimos Vlassopoulos (1949–2018), Stavros Bathrellos (1950–2016), and Metaxia Anaplioti (1937–2018), who encouraged us to keep walking in the paths we had taken, whatever the odds.

Contents

      1  Cover

      2  Series page

      3  Title page

      4  Copyright

      5  Dedication

      6  List of Figures and Maps

      7  Note to the Reader

      8  Acknowledgements

      9  Abbreviations

      10  Introduction

      11  1 What Is Slavery?

      12  2 Studying Slavery: The Variety of Evidence and Its Interpretative Challenges

      13  3 Living with Slavery and Its Consequences

      14  4