Table of Contents

List of Figures and Maps ix

Note to the Reader xi

Acknowledgements xiii

Abbreviations xv

Introduction 1

1 What Is Slavery? 4

2 Studying Slavery: The Variety of Evidence and Its Interpretative Challenges 30

3 Living with Slavery and Its Consequences 56

4 Slaving Strategies 85

5 Masters and Slaves 116

6 Free and Slave 139

7 Enslaved Persons and Their Communities 162

8 Slavery and the Wider World 194

9 Experiencing and Resisting Enslavement 222

10 After Slavery: Manumission, Freedmen, and Freedwomen 250

11 Slavery and Historical Change 277

12 Comparing Ancient Slaveries 305

Bibliography 337

Index of Passages Cited 358

Index of Places and Peoples 364

Index of Names 368

Thematic Index 376

About the Author

Eftychia Bathrellou is Researcher at the Centre for Classical Studies at the University of Lisbon (CEC-FLUL). She is the author of articles on Greek comedy, particularly the Athenian poet Menander, and on representations of slaves and slavery in Greek drama.

Kostas Vlassopoulos is Associate Professor of Ancient History at the University of Crete. His research is focused on the study of ancient slavery, ancient globalization, intercultural relations, political thought, historiography, and comparative history.