I am a Roman citizen captured by pirates and sold into slavery in Corinth. Lucius Mummius and his army have just entered the city (and will go on to destroy it): what's going to happen to me?
I am a Roman citizen captured by pirates and sold into slavery in Corinth. Lucius Mummius and his army have just entered the city (and will go on to destroy it): what's going to happen to me?
Depends entirely on what your name is and how much money is behind it.
For what it's worth, no answers yet for this question on the Reddit thread.
Well saw it posted on twitter to askhistorians and figured I would beat reddit to it but I guess they were faster.
It all depends on to whom were you sold.
You would be liberated. It's established in Roman law that unlawful sales of freeborn citizens were legally null and void even if the enslaved person had been wrongfully enslaved for a significant period of time.
Assuming you aren't killed in the chaos of taking the city, of course.