Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "Four sisters in Ancient Rome - Ray Laurence" video.

+lohphat People called "Romanes" they go the house?
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+Ciiitron Slavery in Roman cities and houses (obviously in the farms things were different, cause controls were non-existant, and occasions to earn money were much scarcer for the slaves) was pretty different from slavery in 19th century US. In Rome slaves had rights of property, could conduct their own business, and even earn enough to buy their freedom. Their masters could punish them, but there were punishments for those that killed a slave. Many "liberti" (ex-slaves) became extremely rich, often doing business with their ex-masters, or made careers as public administrators. Other than the slave buying his own freedom, often masters freed slaves as a gift. For example a diyng man freeing the slaves that assisted him in the last years. It must be kept in mind that even a Roman Citizen could become a slave (IE for debts) and Romans didn't like to see their ex-fellow citizens excessively humiliated. Labour in the mines was often a punishment for slaves that committed some wrongdoing. As for the society. Slavery never ceased in Rome. With the advent of feudalism, it was simply extended to almost the entire population. Infact medieval times serfdom was no other than a form of slavery (however the classic form countinued to be practiced in Europe until modern era. It was only the enslavement of christians that was repeatedly forbidden starting from XI siecle).
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+David Brandon It has not in the entire world. Even counting only the western world, it's generally lower.
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+David Brandon It's a rather recent evolution. In the first half of 19th century 10 years were considered acceptable nearly everywere in western societies, and pre-pubescent girls were available in every brothel. In the UK the legal age was raised to 13 years only in 1875, and to 16 in 1885, in the US it was at 10-12 (7 in Delaware) still at the end of the 19th century, and was raised in the early 20th. In most of the continental Europe the age was raised in the same years. Really, it was the same modern concept of "childhood" that was absent then. If a a child could work in the mines, then he could work in the sex industry too. The situation changed when the concept of "right to childhood" appeared. However, I have to say it's rather funny to see so much scandalized comments here, raised especially by US citizens, about the situation of women and slaves in ancient Rome (where the law required the sposes to be able to generate to be legally married, and the slaves have right of life and personal property), when the situation in the US was far worse for both until few generations ago.
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+George Hastings « iustum se inter eos qui nuptia contrahunt conubium sit, et tam masculus pubes quam femina potens sit, et utrique consentiant, si sui iuris sunt, aut etiam parentes eorum, si in potestate sunt » In Rome both the man and the woman had to be capable to generate to be legally married. For the girl the minimum age was legally posed at 12 years old.
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