The Invisible Thread: Life after Slavery in Pompeii (With Elodie Harper)
We talk to Elodie Harper--bestselling author of the Wolf Den and the House with the Golden Door--about enslavement and freedom in Pompeii.
Ancient History Fangirl · Jenny Williamson and Genn McMenemy
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Show Notes
What happened to people in ancient Rome who were freed from slavery? Turns out there were still invisible threads--economic pressures, imbalances of status, and debts owed to wealthy patrons--that kept many of them in bondage.
On the streets of Pompeii, freedom came at a steep price--especially for women. Today, we talk to Elodie Harper--bestselling author of the Wolf Den and the House with the Golden Door--about enslaved people, freedwomen, and glamorous sex workers whose lives were far more precarious than they seemed.
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