Primitive Rome?

[Timotheus]

Ebusitanus,
before you start applauding them too much, their were several immensely striking differences. Take, for instance, that simple thing that nevertheless was the basis of Roman society. Yes, that social staus 9or complete lack of it) called slavery
With it, the possibility that a human could not own himself, something that I think is very different today. While some lives may seems cheap, I think it is a mondial concept that each person has rights.

Valete,
Valerius/Robert

But remember that only 150 years ago in this very country there existed slavery. Even after the United States ended slavery it continued in Brazil until 1888 when it was finally outlawed.

So while we today do not legally have slavery it is still a very recent memory for us and illegal salvery is still a world-wide epidemic.