Why were Greek and Roman slaves so highly educated that a large number of them earned their freedom and became writers?

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Anonymous Fri Feb 8 22:54:56 2019 No.12563165 [Reply] [Original]

Why were Greek and Roman slaves so highly educated that a large number of them earned their freedom and became writers?

>>	« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!oEULhtSEDhe Fri Feb 8 22:57:50 2019 No.12563180 >>12563165 Those are the only ones you’ve heard of

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 8 22:59:51 2019 No.12563190 >>12563165 Imagine being a Spartan Helot, and for your entire life, every single night, you have to worry about some 16 year old killing you or your loved ones

Anonymous Fri Feb 8 23:01:42 2019 No.12563200
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>>12563180
This, but also educated Greeks became slaves because they were war booty during Rome's conquest of the Greek city states. They usually weren't born slaves. There were tons of illiterate Germanic/Gallic/Thracian slaves that worked in the mines or on plantations.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 8 23:04:07 2019 No.12563207 >>12563165 damn. aesop was a necklet

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