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Slaves in the Late Roman Army
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10-05-2014, 09:23 PM
Well, that throws a stick in the spokes of my story, to say the least. Would it be possible that a slave could be freed by an owner for the purposes of conscription? That, say, the owner a villa instead of giving up one of his sons, freed a slave or two to fill that quota?

I thought some portion of Constantine's army was conscripted from slaves, because there was such a large demand for soldiers despite barbarian recruits, especially because he went to war so often over such a large area. I also thought slaves could earn their freedom after serving in the army for a set period of time - is that strictly a Punic wars thing?
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Slaves in the Late Roman Army - by Plethora - 10-05-2014, 07:19 PM
Slaves in the Late Roman Army - by Nathan Ross - 10-05-2014, 08:20 PM
Slaves in the Late Roman Army - by Plethora - 10-05-2014, 09:23 PM
Slaves in the Late Roman Army - by Plethora - 10-06-2014, 07:47 PM
Slaves in the Late Roman Army - by Frank - 10-06-2014, 10:53 PM
Slaves in the Late Roman Army - by Renatus - 10-06-2014, 11:27 PM
Slaves in the Late Roman Army - by Frank - 10-06-2014, 11:32 PM
Slaves in the Late Roman Army - by Frank - 10-06-2014, 11:33 PM
Slaves in the Late Roman Army - by Frank - 10-07-2014, 12:15 AM
Slaves in the Late Roman Army - by Plethora - 10-07-2014, 03:15 AM
Slaves in the Late Roman Army - by Frank - 10-07-2014, 08:55 AM
Slaves in the Late Roman Army - by Plethora - 10-08-2014, 07:13 AM
Slaves in the Late Roman Army - by antiochus - 10-08-2014, 07:43 AM
Slaves in the Late Roman Army - by MagnusStultus - 10-08-2014, 07:52 PM
Slaves in the Late Roman Army - by Frank - 10-08-2014, 09:50 PM
Slaves in the Late Roman Army - by Nathan Ross - 10-06-2014, 10:41 AM

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