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Yeah, well it's also not true. Many people in Rome wrote against the barbarity of the games, or even slavery, the most famous being Seneca: > I am glad to lear
by bambax 10y ago
Yeah, well it's also not true. Many people in Rome wrote against the barbarity of the games, or even slavery, the most famous being Seneca:
> I am glad to learn, through those who come from you, that you live on friendly terms with your slaves. This befits a sensible and well-educated man like yourself. "They are slaves," people declare. Nay, rather they are men. [1]
They are men. Nothing more to say.
[1] https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/Letter_47 https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/Let...