Re:An intact slave's room found in Pompeii's ruins
by YeGoblynQueenne on Saturday November 06, 2021 @09:11PM
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No, there were no free "servants" in ancient Rome.
Incidentally, even today, "servants" (domestic workers) are often enslaved or work in conditions that are only nominally not slavery. Many are children at an age that is too young to work legally.
>> All of a sudden "An intact servants quarters found in Pompeii's ruins" doesn't sound all that enticing of headline.
The actual headline is not clickbait, if that's what you're suggesting, neither is it spiced up to make it more "enticing", or anything like that. Rather, the headline you propose is an anachronism because there were no free "servants" in ancient Rome. The role of "household servants" (domestic workers) was fulfilled by slaves.
Incidentally, even today, "servants" (domestic workers) are often enslaved or work in conditions that are only nominally not slavery. Many are children at an age that is too young to work legally.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140930183517/http://www.antisl...
>> All of a sudden "An intact servants quarters found in Pompeii's ruins" doesn't sound all that enticing of headline.
The actual headline is not clickbait, if that's what you're suggesting, neither is it spiced up to make it more "enticing", or anything like that. Rather, the headline you propose is an anachronism because there were no free "servants" in ancient Rome. The role of "household servants" (domestic workers) was fulfilled by slaves.