Nick Pell

Yeah, these kinds of large-scale architecture and infrastructure projects are definitely one of the bigger uses of slavery in the ancient world, which isn't to say that every...

Yeah, these kinds of large-scale architecture and infrastructure projects are definitely one of the bigger uses of slavery in the ancient world, which isn't to say that every...

hand that ever touched a stone that went in the Parthenon was slave labor because I don't have the info in front of me but like I would be shocked if that were the case because a lot of it's highly skilled and the artisans and stuff are going to people are going to be like hey there's documentation of artisans being paid to decorate this thing and it's okay but where did the raw where'd the frame come from well you know who dragged the marble there exactly yeah so the main uses of slavery in the ancient world are

hand that ever touched a stone that went in the Parthenon was slave labor because I don't have the info in front of me but like I would be shocked if that were the case because a lot of it's highly skilled and the artisans and stuff are going to people are going to be like hey there's documentation of artisans being paid to decorate this thing and it's okay but where did the raw where'd the frame come from well you know who dragged the marble there exactly yeah so the main uses of slavery in the ancient world are

hand that ever touched a stone that went in the Parthenon was slave labor because I don't have the info in front of me but like I would be shocked if that were the case because a lot of it's highly skilled and the artisans and stuff are going to people are going to be like hey there's documentation of artisans being paid to decorate this thing and it's okay but where did the raw where'd the frame come from well you know who dragged the marble there exactly yeah so the main uses of slavery in the ancient world are

Agriculture and mining, which brings us back to the marble thing. The mining is almost unimaginably brutal in its type of labor. And everybody who's seen Ben-Hur knows about the galley slaves.

Agriculture and mining, which brings us back to the marble thing. The mining is almost unimaginably brutal in its type of labor. And everybody who's seen Ben-Hur knows about the galley slaves.

Agriculture and mining, which brings us back to the marble thing. The mining is almost unimaginably brutal in its type of labor. And everybody who's seen Ben-Hur knows about the galley slaves.

yeah and actually most galley oarsmen were free men working for pay probably a share of the plunder because that's typically how sailors were paid in those days it's typically how the military was paid in those days the exception was during times of war rome desperately needed every free hand it would get presumably they were taking a lot of these guys out of mining and agriculture to throw them on boats

yeah and actually most galley oarsmen were free men working for pay probably a share of the plunder because that's typically how sailors were paid in those days it's typically how the military was paid in those days the exception was during times of war rome desperately needed every free hand it would get presumably they were taking a lot of these guys out of mining and agriculture to throw them on boats

yeah and actually most galley oarsmen were free men working for pay probably a share of the plunder because that's typically how sailors were paid in those days it's typically how the military was paid in those days the exception was during times of war rome desperately needed every free hand it would get presumably they were taking a lot of these guys out of mining and agriculture to throw them on boats

Rome is good to talk about when we talk about slavery for a couple reasons. One, the average person knows a fair bit about ancient Rome from movies and TV shows. And we also have a lot of data on ancient Rome that we just don't have about Samaria or Babylon or even ancient Egypt. In ancient Rome, mining was basically always slaves, especially salt mining.

Rome is good to talk about when we talk about slavery for a couple reasons. One, the average person knows a fair bit about ancient Rome from movies and TV shows. And we also have a lot of data on ancient Rome that we just don't have about Samaria or Babylon or even ancient Egypt. In ancient Rome, mining was basically always slaves, especially salt mining.

Rome is good to talk about when we talk about slavery for a couple reasons. One, the average person knows a fair bit about ancient Rome from movies and TV shows. And we also have a lot of data on ancient Rome that we just don't have about Samaria or Babylon or even ancient Egypt. In ancient Rome, mining was basically always slaves, especially salt mining.

Mercury mining was like almost always slaves. I don't know how you get somebody to do mercury mining unless you were... forcing them to do it because it's kind of a slow death sentence. Mining in general is a slow death sentence in the ancient world.

Mercury mining was like almost always slaves. I don't know how you get somebody to do mercury mining unless you were... forcing them to do it because it's kind of a slow death sentence. Mining in general is a slow death sentence in the ancient world.

Mercury mining was like almost always slaves. I don't know how you get somebody to do mercury mining unless you were... forcing them to do it because it's kind of a slow death sentence. Mining in general is a slow death sentence in the ancient world.

For anybody who remembers the trades versus college episode, my father has told me that the one job you could not pay him enough to do if his children were starving is going to mine, which, yeah, mining is unpleasant at best. Right. The best conditions mining is deeply unpleasant in the worst conditions. It's a living hell.

For anybody who remembers the trades versus college episode, my father has told me that the one job you could not pay him enough to do if his children were starving is going to mine, which, yeah, mining is unpleasant at best. Right. The best conditions mining is deeply unpleasant in the worst conditions. It's a living hell.

For anybody who remembers the trades versus college episode, my father has told me that the one job you could not pay him enough to do if his children were starving is going to mine, which, yeah, mining is unpleasant at best. Right. The best conditions mining is deeply unpleasant in the worst conditions. It's a living hell.