The Roman Guide to Slave Management: A Treatise by Nobleman Marcus Sidonius Falx

A scholar explores the history of slavery in Ancient Rome using a fictional story as a backdrop.

Marcus Sidonius Falx is an average Roman citizen. Born of a relatively well-off noble family, he lives on a palatial estate in Campania, dines with senators and generals, and, like all of his ancestors before him, owns countless slaves. Having spent most of his life managing his servants-many of them prisoners from Rome's military conquests-he decided to write a kind of owner's manual for his fr...