If in the ancient history of China, the first person to sweep the country to achieve supreme hegemony was Qin Shi Huang, then if we expand this scope to the whole world, the first king can only be Alexander, compared with him, the Qin Emperor Han Wu of the same era is slightly inferior. However, even so, the living conditions of female slaves are still not optimistic, as women, they not only have to take on heavy housework, but also beware of their masters. Slaves already existed in Rome in the early days of the Republic, but at that time they were in small numbers; since the massive expansion of the territory, slaves had poured into Rome in large numbers, resulting in slaves in all aspects of Rome. They were labeled, priced, sold on the slave market, and after being bought back by slave owners, they had to bear all the dirty work, no wages, no rest, even if they were sick, no one would heal them.
The torture of their lives was more elaborate and long, and female slaves had to do housework for their masters, and those who were slightly good-looking also had to provide sexual services to their masters. Unlike the maids that we Chinese are familiar with, the handmaidens of ancient China who could also be used for trading were not the same. If the Chinese maid is favored by the male master, she can give birth to a child for the male master, and even the mother is expensive and can have a certain position in the master's family. Throughout Roman times, there were at least millions of slaves in Rome. The status of slaves in Rome was also high and low, and local officials tried to make the best use of these slaves.
Just listening to the word "slave" doesn't seem to make you feel too miserable. This is not the case, slaves are the saddest kind of people in Roman life. First, in Rome, slaves were not treated as adults, and slaves were like commodities, priced on the market. So what did slave girls generally do in the homes of Their Roman masters? Many, like modern maids, do their laundry, cook, feed their livestock, and bake bread. In wealthy families, slave girls were to weave wool under the guidance of their mistresses. Slaves in ancient Rome were very numerous, they all served the nobility, belonged to the private property of the nobility, and had no salary. Slaves could be bought and sold and given as gifts at will, much more blatantly than the ancient Chinese "servants" of man. In the middle of the 4th century BC, money began to appear in Rome, the Roman market flourished and developed, and the rural economy that was also self-sufficient gradually disintegrated, and the entire Roman society was involved in the commercial economy.
Female slaves are the most expensive, and the money for a female slave can buy four or five male slaves, not because female slaves can do more work, but because female slaves are often better controlled and more widely used. The mistress, of course, could not bear any woman coming and robbing her of her husband, even if her husband did not really take the woman to heart. The slave girl would then be retaliated against by the mistress, some would be sold to a brothel, and some would even lose their lives. However, some slaves were also sent to remote areas to herd sheep and cattle. The most special group of slaves is the slaves who have kung fu. These slaves acted as gladiators, sweating in the Colosseum for the pleasure of the nobles, which was very tragic.
Even if these female slaves did not resist, they still lived a very tired life. Because there are countless chores waiting for them, there is no shortage of work. But this will not change the life of the female slave, only let her be more humiliated, and even some female slaves who are pregnant with children will be required to beat the child off, even if the child is allowed to be born, the slave owner will not recognize the identity of the child, but use him as a slave, these children with the blood of the slave owner will never have the opportunity to turn over, reproduction means that they will be slaves for generations, and they will never become higher-class people.
In Rome at the beginning of the republic, the debt slaves were the main body of the slave group, but only accounted for a small number of people in society; in the late republic, although the debt slavery system was abolished, there were more and more slaves in Rome, and they became the main body of social residents. This is actually a good explanation, and it is closely related to the activities of Rome during that period. Nor does Roman law allow it. After the unfortunate pregnancy and childbirth, most of these children are executed, and only a small number are recognized as children. More extremely, some people will even treat their children as slaves. Some Roman nobles even enjoyed watching slave girls duel with wild beasts. If it was some male slave who often did physical work, he might be able to dry up the beast with the desire for life, but what could the skinny female slave do in the face of the fierce beast?
Not all female slaves were mistreated, some female slaves were regarded as writers like modern domestic servants, and the long-term coexistence of some female slaves and their masters to develop friendship, affection and even love slaves was the most special group in Rome, a product of the times. Although slavery was very anti-human, slavery did contribute to the progress of Rome in all its aspects. They are greeted by more brutal oppression and a life without hope. How miserable were female slaves in ancient Rome? In addition to working every day, you also have to do something embarrassing for the host!