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by peoplefromibiza 918 days ago
> you certainly know almost absolutely nothing about how the Romans treated their slaves

You seem to be one that makes a lot of assumptions.

> I’m sure it’s much nicer that some of the slums in Ancient Rome

That's the point. It is not.

> Pompeii and Herculaneum were relatively well off cities

Yeah, Egypt was too, Middle East was too, Persia (Iran) too.

Look at them now.