Question

In ancient Rome, race was the determining factor of slavery.

a. True

b. False

Answer 1

False

Step-by-step explanation:

In ancient Rome race was not a determining factor for slavery. slavery was determined by birth or by conquest. when a slave woman gives birth to a baby the baby automatically becomes a slave the the master of her mother and also when wars are waged the people captured during the warfare regardless of their color or race are taken as slaves.

Another factor that determines slavery is the ability of the slave master to purchase more slaves from the slave market or from other slave masters ( wealth). slaves were not determined by race or color of the individual

Answer 2

The answer is B, (False) to "In ancient Rome, race was the determining factor of slavery".

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement is not true because in ancient Rome, determinant of slavery is by birth of the slave or conquest of the slave by a wealthy slave trader. The ancient slavery has nothing to do with a particular race of someone at that time as there was basically no racism then in Rome but basic slavery depending on how and to whom you were born. In fact during the early Roman Empire, as many as one third of the population were slaves.