![]() ![]() ![]() In the countries the Romans conquered, there were many different classes of society. many Romans would make a mockery of slaves by having such items as drinking tankards made to resemble a slave astride a pot going about his business. Even though they could well have been married at the time. ![]() It was also known that many masters kept slaves for their own gratification and enjoyment. Female slaves were known, but they were kept more to do work in the kitchens of large estates. Males were chosen since they had to do the most back breaking work for long hours every day of their working lives. Most slaves in Roman times were male and light skinned. In the emerging third world countries, it is those wielding influence that ensure slavery still exists. Slavery is still practised today and even countries generally thought of as being civilized, have slavery in certain parts of the country. This is probably due to the American slaves in the Southern states being of African or Caribbean origin and most modern people's knowledge of slavery really only extending to a period since the 19th century to the present day. There is a mistaken belief in the world today that all slaves were black. But it was for their fellow humans that they reserved their most extreme cruelty. Animals were often sacrificed at weddings and pagan rituals. The Romans were well know for their barbaric ways. ![]()
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