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Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, 2021, 64, 30–38 https://doi.org/10.1093/bics/qbab019 Original article ‘All human beings are either free or slave’? Servi publici in Late Antiquity Andrea Binsfeld Universite´ du Luxembourg, Luxembourg 1. INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS NEW ABOUT PUBLIC SLAVERY IN LATE ANTIQUITY? In writing about the servi publici, and specifically servi municipales in Late Antiquity, you might wonder what I could possibly add to this topic which has not yet been said by Noel Lenski. Indeed, in his article published in the volume Die Stadt in der Spa¨tantike: Niedergang oder Wandel?, Noel Lenski gives evidence for the sur- vival of public slavery from the fourth to the sixth century. He describes the ongoing slave supply as well as the activities of public slaves as attendants on a cult or on priesthoods, attendants on magistrates, record keepers, financial accountants, legal servants, artists, prison wardens, executioners, and aqueduct slaves. Although the servus publicus is well attested in the fourth century, his range of activities becomes more and more restricted, and ‘by the mid-fifth century, most of the tasks formerly assigned to the servus publicus have been reassigned to freeborn laborers’, with the exception of the aquaria. Lenski sees the reasons
Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies – Oxford University Press
Published: Jan 6, 2022
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