This page intentionally left blank SLAVERY IN THE LATE ROMAN WORLD,   ad – Capitalizingontherichhistoricalrecordoflateantiquity,andemploy- ing sophisticated methodologies from social and economic history, thisbookre-interpretstheendofRomanslavery.KyleHarperchal- lengestraditionalinterpretationsofatransitionfromantiquitytothe middle ages, arguing instead that a deep divide runs through “late antiquity,”separatingtheRomanslavesystemfromitsearlymedieval successors.Intheprocess,hecoverstheeconomic,social,andinsti- tutional dimensions of ancient slavery and presents the most com- prehensive analytical treatment of a pre-modern slave system now available. By scouring the late antique record, he has uncovered a wealthofnewmaterial,providingfreshinsightsintotheancientslave system,includingslavery’sroleinagricultureandtextileproduction, itsrelationtosexualexploitation,andthedynamicsofsocialhonor. BydemonstratingthevitalityofslaveryintothelaterRomanempire, theauthorshowsthatChristianitytriumphedamidstagenuineslave society. kyle harper isAssistantProfessorintheDepartmentofClassics andLettersattheUniversityofOklahoma,whereheteachesarangeof coursesonGreekandRomancivilizationandtheriseofChristianity. He has published articles on social and institutional aspects of later Roman history in the Journal of Roman Studies, Classical Quarterly, andHistoria. SLAVERY IN THE LATE ROMAN WORLD,   ad – KYLE HARPER cambridge university press Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown, Singapore,Sa˜oPaulo,Delhi,Tokyo,MexicoCity CambridgeUniversityPress TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecbru,UK PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYork www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/ (cid:1)c KyleHarper Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished PrintedintheUnitedKingdomattheUniversityPress,Cambridge AcatalogrecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationdata Harper,Kyle,– SlaveryinthelateRomanworld,ad–/KyleHarper. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. isbn---- .Slavery–Rome. .Socialstructure–Rome. .Rome–Socialconditions. .Rome–Economicconditions. I.Title. ht.h  .(cid:2)–dc  isbn----Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceor accuracyofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredto inthispublication,anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuch websitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. ForMichelle, Mom, andthe wholefamily Andthemerchantsoftheearthshallweepandmournoverher;forno manbuyeththeirmerchandiseanymore:Themerchandiseofgold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen...and wine,andoil,andfineflour,andwheat,andbeasts,andsheep,and horses,andchariots,andslaves,andsoulsofmen... (JohnofPatmos,imaginingthefallofRome,Revelation (AuthorizedVersion)) LestanymoreAfricabedrainedofitsownpeople,andinherdsand columns,likeanendlessriver,suchagreatmultitudeofbothmenand women lose their freedom in something even worse than barbarian captivity... (AugustineofHippo,watchingthefallofRome,NewLetters)