ebooks A Pillar of a Victory Beating Drum by Maryalice Swiney-Zoe in History

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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.