Punitive Labor and Enslavement in the Roman Bakery
Semans Auditorium (Room 117), Belk Visual Arts Center 315 N. Main St., Davidson, NC, United StatesAbout the lecture: In 2023, excavators in Pompeii found a bakery in the Casa di Rustio Vero that was separated from the house—and the rest of the world—by metal bars. The excavators interpreted the bars as an indication of incarceration and the use of convicts as labor. This lecture explores the evidence for convict labor […]