Slavery in Rome: Good or Bad

Dear Editor,

I have an opinion to deliver. Slavery is NOT okay. I have seen what it has done to this city, and it’s not good. Here’s my proof. You know all the homeless romans on the streets, losing faith in rome? Well, when their husbands were off fighting, they could not maintain the farms, so they sold them to the latifundia.

So this keeps happening over and over again with the latifundia offering property for way less than what it’s worth. For example, an average small farm’s value would be about 10,000 aureus, while the latifundia make the owners pay about 8 aureus because nobody else would buy.

Now, I know this because I am a first-hand witness of this. I grew up in the streets because of slavery. It took my father’s farm from me and I struggled to survive the hardships of homelessness. Slavery is also bad to the slaves. They are mistreated and forced to work for no pay.

Sincerely,

Matthaei Consentia