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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Approaching Roman Public Slavery -- 1. Public Slaves in Modern Scholarship -- 2. Reassessing Public Slavery -- 1. Being a Public Slave -- Framing the Issue -- 1.1 What Was a Public Slave? -- 1.2 Public Slaves in Rome: Slaves of the Roman People -- 1.3 Public Slaves in Italian and Provincial Cities: Slaves of the Townsfolk -- 1.4 Approaching a Definition: Slaves of the People -- 1.5 Becoming a Slave of the Roman People: The Supply of Public Slaves in Rome

"Slavery played a crucial economic and social role in the Roman history. Unfree individuals were employed to perform a wide range of duties in both the domestic environment and the public sphere. Along with the large population of private slaves who were owned by individual masters, and the smaller but influential group of Imperial slaves who were property of the emperors, there was another category of slaves: the so-called 'public slaves' (servi publici). They were unfree individuals, owned by a community rather than a single master. Based on primary evidence, Franco Luciani aims to provide a comprehensive study of public slavery in the Roman world. By focusing on the use of public slaves in both Rome and in other cities of the Western Empire, as well as on the development of public slavery from the Middle Republic to Late Antiquity, Luciani attempts to define public slavery and to explore the historical significance of public slavery across time. He also analyses the role played by public slaves in the life of the community they belonged to. Specific attention is then drawn to manumission of public slaves and the legal status of freed public slaves. Finally, Luciani addresses the issue of the position of public slaves in Roman society."--Page [4] of cover.