- 05 Jul 2008 15:46
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No it wasnt a slave based seconomy, this is marxist fallacies, neither was Rome, slaves participated certainly in the economy, but they were not what the economy was based on, it was the merchants and the traders that the economy was based on. And it was them that drove it around. These were urban economies, outside of agrarian economies there is not much to put the slaves to work inside a city, and hence why in many cases during the antiquity they were simply, the police. The Greco-Roman world, Byzantium and the Islamic caliphate were not agrarian economies, but urban economies. And in urban economies it is the bourgoisie that runs things, with the aid of the workers whether they are conscientious like today, or slaves.
Also, i doubt that marx ever bothered to read what is the definition of a slave, and what were their rights according to Greek and later Roman law. To begin with, with the exception that they were not allowed to vote(as minorities are not allowed to vote today, for the national assembly of almost anywhere in the world), the legal system protected them as every other citizen. And ofc they were entitled to salaries, in various cases, higher than many if compared weith other areas of other eras, even with the unionists today. Aside from having no political vote, they were pretty much conguered workers, protected and able to lead dignified lives. Ofc this is relative to area, and era, but in the case of Greece, i have various constitutions for you to pick, and see their rights and compare them with todays minorities in various advanced democracies.
It was and remained a slave-based economy.
No it wasnt a slave based seconomy, this is marxist fallacies, neither was Rome, slaves participated certainly in the economy, but they were not what the economy was based on, it was the merchants and the traders that the economy was based on. And it was them that drove it around. These were urban economies, outside of agrarian economies there is not much to put the slaves to work inside a city, and hence why in many cases during the antiquity they were simply, the police. The Greco-Roman world, Byzantium and the Islamic caliphate were not agrarian economies, but urban economies. And in urban economies it is the bourgoisie that runs things, with the aid of the workers whether they are conscientious like today, or slaves.
Also, i doubt that marx ever bothered to read what is the definition of a slave, and what were their rights according to Greek and later Roman law. To begin with, with the exception that they were not allowed to vote(as minorities are not allowed to vote today, for the national assembly of almost anywhere in the world), the legal system protected them as every other citizen. And ofc they were entitled to salaries, in various cases, higher than many if compared weith other areas of other eras, even with the unionists today. Aside from having no political vote, they were pretty much conguered workers, protected and able to lead dignified lives. Ofc this is relative to area, and era, but in the case of Greece, i have various constitutions for you to pick, and see their rights and compare them with todays minorities in various advanced democracies.
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