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> Do you know how many slaves were black in the Roman empire In the Western Mediterranean? Most likely diminishingly few. It’s hard to imagine why would that m
by wasfgwp 3mo ago
> Do you know how many slaves were black in the Roman empire
In the Western Mediterranean? Most likely diminishingly few. It’s hard to imagine why would that might not had been the case.
- onraglanroad 3mo agoBecause the Roman empire included parts of Africa, including importing their slaves. There were black Roman soldiers posted on Hadrian's Wall in the north of England.
- wasfgwp 3mo agoThat doesn’t mean people were constantly moving around the empire for no particular reason like people are today. Traveling large distances was expensive and dangerous and fairly rare outside of a few professions. Soldiers being one of them so to an extent that’s feasible > including importing their slaves Why would you import someone from Nubia to Western Europe when you have a relatively ample supply of barbarians being trafficked across the border and there is a significant demand for slaves in Egypt and other provinces nearby. I mean technically you could run into a Black African somewhere in the Roman Empire but outside of exceptional circumstances that would be almost as likely as winning a lottery