Intellectual Property: Learned Slaves and Educated Freedmen in Republican Rome

The first in-depth account of the lives and careers of educated slaves and freedmen in ancient Rome

Slaves and freedmen played an important yet understudied role in the literary culture of the Roman Republic. Though their work went largely uncredited, they fulfilled vital roles as editors, researchers, and collaborators in the service of Rome’s literary and political elite. Intellectual Property tells the stories of these gifted and highly educated young men, from Licinius the flute-player, ...