Ben Kane

Gauls had slaves.

Germans had slaves.

Having a slave, no disrespect meant, was like having a washing machine in your house.

You don't say, oh, look, you've got a washing machine when you go around to your friend's house because everyone has a washing machine.

If you could afford it, you had a slave.

So maybe you didn't want to be a slave.

And I'm a trained soldier and gladiator, so I'm not going to be a slave.

I'm going to fight for my freedom.

But he didn't want to end all slavery.

He just wanted to be free.

Not at all.

And if you ever read that or see that, that's just modern interpretation.

People back then didn't want to end slavery.

I mean, you had Roman authors talking about slaves being human beings and having feelings and you could like them and so on.

And you should treat them well and so on and so on, you know, to varying degrees.

And we know of many slaves who were freed by their owners and given lots of money.

But those owners did not try and abolish slavery.

They just treated individual slaves really kindly.

Indeed, indeed.

It was supposed to be one.