Servus
how slavery made the roman empire
$33.70
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
18 May 2026
Summary
We associate the Romans with majesty and greatness: we marvel at their straight roads and innovative underfloor heating, at the dominance of their army and navy, at the grandeur of their palaces and temples. But the Romans were also enslavers. They built an empire on the backs of millions of people snatched from their homes in the aftermath of war, kidnapped from the streets, sold into slavery as punishment or, simply, born enslaved.
Servus takes us into the invisible spaces …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399741262 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399741268 |
| Author: | Emma Southon |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 18 May 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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Critics Review
Emma Southon turns her unique combination of unflinching academic gaze and irrepressible sharp humour to that darkest and most depressing of subjects, Roman slavery, providing a much-needed corrective to centuries of obfuscations and misunderstandings. Servus is a challenging read yet a simultaneously sensitive and even entertaining one, striking that peculiar balance that, of all the Romanists writing trade history today, only Emma can fully achieve. – Jane Draycott, author of FULVIA
About The Author
Emma Southon
Emma Southon is a former bookseller and the author of A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women, A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore, a Best Book of the Year for the New Statesman. Armed with a PhD in Ancient History, she also co-hosts the History is Sexy podcast. She lives in Belfast, with her husband and her cat Livia.
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