Sextus Julius Frontinus, Aqueducts of Rome, Book II: 116-117 (Shelton pg.168) The topic identified in the primary source is slavery in ancient Rome. This topic will be discussed with the summaries of three sources: Madden, J. (1996) 'Slavery in the Roman Empire Numbers and Origins', Classics Ireland Vol.3: 109-128 This article is an analysis of the overall demographic of slaves in ancient Rome. The methodology of the author is research based. The author amalgamates evidence from …
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…weaknesses, and most likely "projected the anxiety which that hatred aroused on to the slaves themselves." It appears the slave-owners would like an intelligent slave, but not too intelligent like Aesop. Thus, they are torn between "a desire to exploit his slave's intelligence and the desire to flog him into senseless submission." Likewise, the slave has to decide whether to serve the master loyally with the hope of freedom, or with dumb insolence and revenge.