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Preface

Preface The articles in this special issue originate from the symposium Le forme dell’assoggettamento: rapporti di dipendenza e diritti individuali nelle società antiche e moderne, part of the ongoing research project Dynamics of Change in Ancient Societies by scholars at the universities of Leiden and Verona. During this symposium, held in Verona in March and April 2016, specialists working on slavery in ancient Mesopotamia (present-day Syria and Iraq) and in the Hellenistic and Roman world met to analyze the multifaceted aspects of bondage and dependence. The meetings were made possible by support from the Department of Culture e Civiltà of the University of Verona and of Leiden University.The main scope of the conference was to address the thorny problem of the juridical definition of the status of slavery, by focusing on various epochs and areas and investigating some of the many sectors of documentation and/or problems that should be considered in any attempt at examining slavery in the ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean areas.The result of this work hopefully helps to enlighten some elements that may be considered in a comparative perspective. First, it appears that the condition of slavery has tight connections with the condition of dependency from family http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Global Slavery Brill

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Brill
Copyright
Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
2405-8351
eISSN
2405-836X
DOI
10.1163/2405836X-00301001
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Abstract

The articles in this special issue originate from the symposium Le forme dell’assoggettamento: rapporti di dipendenza e diritti individuali nelle società antiche e moderne, part of the ongoing research project Dynamics of Change in Ancient Societies by scholars at the universities of Leiden and Verona. During this symposium, held in Verona in March and April 2016, specialists working on slavery in ancient Mesopotamia (present-day Syria and Iraq) and in the Hellenistic and Roman world met to analyze the multifaceted aspects of bondage and dependence. The meetings were made possible by support from the Department of Culture e Civiltà of the University of Verona and of Leiden University.The main scope of the conference was to address the thorny problem of the juridical definition of the status of slavery, by focusing on various epochs and areas and investigating some of the many sectors of documentation and/or problems that should be considered in any attempt at examining slavery in the ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean areas.The result of this work hopefully helps to enlighten some elements that may be considered in a comparative perspective. First, it appears that the condition of slavery has tight connections with the condition of dependency from family

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Journal of Global SlaveryBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2018

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