A thing we still need to work on when we tell history: We need to further distinguish Roman slavery from American Chattel slavery.
Roman slavery is more like a permanent version of "Indentured Servitude" that we learned here in the states, aka how poor white kids could make it in e.g. Revolutionary times.
And not much at all like the "Slavery" that looms bigger in our heads, primarily race-driven and -- this is perhaps the biggie -- "chattel oriented;" i.e. not only are you owned forever, so are your kids, who may be sold at will etc.
Roman slavery is more like a permanent version of "Indentured Servitude" that we learned here in the states, aka how poor white kids could make it in e.g. Revolutionary times.
And not much at all like the "Slavery" that looms bigger in our heads, primarily race-driven and -- this is perhaps the biggie -- "chattel oriented;" i.e. not only are you owned forever, so are your kids, who may be sold at will etc.