MINOAN/ROMAN Slavery | Slave collars | Spells | Brazen Bull
SLAVE COLLARS? Who invented them and why? “Hold Me Or I Will Run!” Roman Slave Collars Came With A Warning By B.B. Wagner Slavery was a large part of the Roman Empire. Military expansion brought captives, to compliment the material wealth taken back to Rome. And there is strong evidence that these slaves were not always treated kindly. Around 45 examples have survived of “speaking” Roman slave collars. These tools of bondage were inscribed with warnings that the wearer was a slave , and reveal no end of information regarding their treatment. One of the most celebrated surviving slave collar, famous for its completeness and preservation, is the Zoninus collar. A large latin inscription on the collar reads: “Fugi. Tene Me. Cum Revacaveris Me D. M. Zonino, Accipis Solidum.” This translates to “I have run away. Catch me. If you return me to my master Zoninus, you will receive payment of one Solidus.” The payment of one Solidus in the 4th century AD amounts...