Entre las palabras ajenas y las propias. ¿Qué sabemos de las esclavas en la Roma antigua?
- Begoña Soler Mayor (coord.)
- Paula Jardón Giner (coord.)
Publisher: Museu de Prehistòria de València ; Diputación Provincial de Valencia = Diputació de València
ISBN: 978-84-7795-535-1
Year of publication: 2024
Pages: 137-156
Type: Book chapter
Abstract
This text seeks to bring us closer to female slaves in ancient Rome. As in other contexts, female gender is plural. In this case, legal status marks an important difference that separates these women from others. In order to get an overview of the phenomenon of the enslavement of women, and what it meant to be a slave, a diverse set of evicence (literary, epigraphic and archaeological) have selected and discussed. Each one provides different information that contributes to complete the “puzzle” of female slavery. Moreover, by combining them, we recover a double perspective, that of the owner and that of the slave, although the latter has many limitations.