Ancient Mediterranean
Slavery Slavery in Antiquity
  CLAS115 • Slavery in Antiquity

B R I E F   S Y L L A B U S





 UNIT  • TOPIC   ASSIGNMENT
01 • Introduction
• Slavery & Ideology, I
  Hebrew Bible / ANE
Garnsey ch.1 (Slavery and Slave Theory in Antiquity)
CR01
Gen 9:18-10:32 (bible.oremus.org)
02 • Definitions & Terms
• Compulsory Labor
  Hebrew Bible / ANE
B&C ch.1; Slaves & Households p.7-14
CR02
Gen 19, 25, 27, 36-37, 39; Ex 21; Lev 25; Deut 15
03 • Slavery & Ideology, II
  Natural Slavery
• Greek Philosophers
Garnsey ch.3; B&C ch.2, 19
CR03 — Cartledge 2001: 133-166
Wiedemann no.2; Aristot.Pol.1.1-7 (1252a-1255b39); 1.13
04 • Greek Slave Society
• Chattel & Helotage
  Athena & Sparta
Garnsey ch.4 (Slave-Systems Criticized); B&C ch.3-4
CR04 — Wiedemann no.80
Wiedemann no.3, 12, 23-27, 36-39, 51, 57, 74, 85-87 etc.
05 • Roman Slave Society Garnsey ch.5 (Fair Words); B&C ch.1.5, 15
CR05
Wiedemann no.82, 92-93, 120-126, 141, 175, 206, 235
06 • Slave Supply Garnsey ch.6 (Slavery Criticized); B&C ch. 6, 14
CR06 — Harris 1999
Wiedemann no.82, 92-93, 120-126, 141, 175, 206, 235
07 • Agriculture
• Material Culture
Garnsey ch.7 (Slavery Eased); B&C ch.9, 18
CR06 — L. Junius Moderatus Columella On Rustic Matters
Wiedemann no.127, 129-133, 135-138, 142-157
08 • Social Control
• Family & Household
Garnsey ch.8 (Aristotle); B&C ch.7, 16
CR08 — Maximus Planudes Life of Aesop
Wiedemann no.52-55, 58-68, 70-73, 75-79
09 • Freedmen Garnsey ch.9 (The Stoics)
CR09 — C. Petronius Arbiter Satyricon
Wiedemann no.22, 28-50
10 • Imagined Slavery
      Comedy
Garnsey ch.10; B&C ch.2, 11 (Slaves in Literary Culture)
CR10 — T. Macchius Plautus Poenulus
Wiedemann no.52-55, 58-68, 70-73, 75-79
11 • Resistance Garnsey ch.11 (Paul); B&C ch.8, 17 (Resistance)
CR11 — P. Terrentius Afer The Eunuch
Wiedemann no.209-210, 212-222, 224-226
12 • Rebellion
      Sicilian Slave Revolts
      Spartacus
Garnsey ch.12 (Ambrose); B&C ch.20
CR12
Wiedemann no.236-243
13 • Slavery & Ideology
      Stoicism & Christianity
Garnsey ch.13 (Augustine); B&C ch.21
CR13— St. Jerome Life of Malchus
Wiedemann no.236-243
14 • Review Garnsey ch.14 (Slavery as Metaphor)
REVIEW DC POINTS