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Sep 4, 2021 · Although Roman collars reflected the harsh treatment of runaway slaves through their design, the collars may have been considered a humane alternative in dealing with rebellious slaves in the 4th Century AD.
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Jun 24, 2021 · Ancient Roman slave-collar found in Rome with a bronze disc announcing the reward for returning the runaway slave to his or her master, Zoninus, 4th-6th century AD. via Flickr. By: Caroline Wazer. June 24, 2021. 3 minutes. The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. Among the most fascinating relics of ancient Roman culture ...
Punishment collar. Africans resisted enslavement from the point of capture. When enslaved people tried to run away after being captured by the slave traders, this heavy iron collar was placed on them to inflict punishment. It stopped them from running away again as the spiked ends prevent the wearer from moving into any areas with trees or bushes.
Mar 26, 2016 · Roman society was a brutal place. At the bottom of the heap were slaves, who could endure a very unpleasant time. Not unnaturally, some of them ran away; and some were recaptured. In the museum i…
The Zoninus collar is unique in promising a reward.4 Not all enslaved people were required to wear such collars; most scholars have in-terpreted them as a punishment for an escape attempt and an alternative to the long-standing Roman practice of tattooing runaway slaves on the face.5 The Zoninus collar is important because it offers direct ...
He discussed three slave collars during an extended treatment of Roman punishments of runaway slaves (Pignorio 1613, 21–3); he was the irst person to connect these collars to an edict of Constantine barring facial tatooing, a connection that most scholars have accepted ever since (discussed below). f2016] The Zoninus Collar and the ...
Feb 17, 2011 · Romans labelled runaway slaves 'fugitives', and as the greatest modern historian of ancient slavery, Moses Finley, has remarked, 'fugitive slaves are almost an obsession in the sources'.
