Slaves Endured Unimaginable Punishments
The experience of life as a Roman slave varied widely depending on their owners. Those working for landowners would often endure grueling physical tasks, while slaves owned by the city would be responsible for constructing public buildings.
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If a slave owner passed away, all the slaves were subjected to torture, and if any one of them was found guilty of a crime, they could all be sentenced to death. Emperor Augustus was known for being particularly cruel to slaves, punishing them by throwing them into pools of eels. These cruel rules only changed when Emperor Hadrian created laws making it illegal to kill slaves.
