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You've omitted the mines, which were a pretty notorious place to work, and I'd personally rank it the worst job of the lot. My understanding is that the miners
by jcranmer 3y ago
You've omitted the mines, which were a pretty notorious place to work, and I'd personally rank it the worst job of the lot. My understanding is that the miners were almost all slaves because of the poor working conditions.
- antognini 3y agoPeople convicted of certain egregious crimes would commonly be sentenced to hard labor in the mines. This was the punishment that astrologers received for violating certain regulations around astrology. (Their clients were executed.)
- Eumenes 3y agoPeople are still working in mines like that today and for a long time, I'm guessing.