Occupations of private slaves in Roman Dacia

This paper focuses on the inscriptions from Dacia, which mention, by various terms, the occupations of private slaves. The epigraphic texts of Dacia mention slaves used by their masters for various administrative, financial or domestic duties, like actores, villici, dispensatores, vikarii and others...

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Published inStudia antiqua et archaeologica Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 231 - 247
Main Authors Odochiciuc, Ana, Mihailescu-Bîrliba, Lucreţiu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Editura Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi 2014
The Publishing House of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
Subjects
Ancient World
Archaeology
History
Social history
private slaves
actor
Roman Dacia
occupations
villicus
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Summary:This paper focuses on the inscriptions from Dacia, which mention, by various terms, the occupations of private slaves. The epigraphic texts of Dacia mention slaves used by their masters for various administrative, financial or domestic duties, like actores, villici, dispensatores, vikarii and others. Three different ways of their involvement in different economic activities can be observed: they worked directly for their masters, they were assigned to actio institoria and they could hold a peculium. All these functions demonstrate that the servi privati were involved in public services as representatives of their masters.
ISSN:1224-2284
2392-6031