How come the Romans have to cause all the trouble, it is always the Romans? In the Roman era there were so many ways that there were acts of injustice, many people died a gruesome, slow, and lifeless death! There were gladiator fights that were sluggish and procrastinating. There were other ways of a undesirable death like through slavery. Nobody wants to die captive that can be traded with no say in it, or have any rights to freedom. Another way there was extensive act of injustice, the Roman tax system! People were forced to pay, no choice, with or without a house to live in, family or no family. Romans were always unjust in many ways, they forced people into slavery, brought down common folks with taxes, and even forced slaves and fugitives to fight others for the enjoyment of others. One of the Romans ways of injustice is deathly; Gladiator duels, it was for the enjoyment of the crowd. According to “The Roman Gladiator …show more content…
“Roman Slaves- www.Historylearningsite.co.uk” states that Roman citizens were able to buy and sell slaves on the stock market. A wealthy merchant could go to the market on any given day and buy a slave or sell a slave if he desired. Slaves were mainly battle prisoners, abandoned children, and children or wives who were sold by their father/husband. Prisoners who were taken from a battle were beaten and taught to obey a master and then put on the display for selling. Children who were sold by their fathers (it was mostly for money) or who were abandoned children were not beaten but still put on the market. When a slave who was owned got married the wife automatically became a slave. A slave who got married and had a child, the child would automatically be a slave, and forced to work at the age of 3. Slaves were treated poorly and could be sold, bought, and had no will to live. Many slaves died unfree, beaten, and sold many times, as it was a bad place to be a