Describe the system of slavery as practiced in the mediterranean region:

Where slaves came from?

How where slaves acquired?

What work did slaves do?

How were slaves treated?

Slavery was work, often very hard work, sustained by force and the threat of humiliation and separation from family and community. Most commonly, Slave labor differed according to period and location. it was routinized and mind-numbing, a repetition of the same tasks or movements, changed only by the season of the year or time of day.