09-05-2006, 08:01 PM
In HBO/BBC's "Rome" some of the slaves (e.g. Caesar’s Posca) wear a bronze tablet suspended around their neck (Atia’s Castor wears one even larger than Posca's). Other slaves OtoH (Pullo’s Eriene) do NOT appear to be wearing any such tablet. Pompey’s man in Ep. 01 was tattooed above his right ear on his bald pate, but wore no tablet that I recall. Also, the female body slaves of both Servilia & Atia do not wear them either. No one that I can see (finally got through all twelve DVD episodes) appears to be wearing anything like the “Thrall Collarâ€
Duane C. Young, M.A.
