Sentence examples for Public slave from inspiring English sources

The servant of the Eleven, a public slave, bade Socrates farewell by calling him "the noblest, the gentlest, and the best" of men (Phaedo 116c).

A rope was cast about his neck and he was led to the prison of Minturnae on the order of its duumvir.55 3 A public slave of German nationality was sent with a sword to put him to death.

In response to an obvious need, Augustus organized a fire brigade in 21 bc: a number of public slaves were placed under the command of aediles, officials in charge of streets and markets.

Piso fled into the temple of Vesta, where he was received through the pity of one of the public slaves who hid him in his chamber.

The condition of slaves varied very much according to their status; the mine slaves of Laureion and the pornai (brothel prostitutes) lived a particularly brutal existence, while public slaves, craftsmen, tradesmen and bankers enjoyed relative independence.

The utopian cities of Phaleas of Chalcedon and Hippodamus of Miletus are based on the equal distribution of property, but public slaves are used respectively as craftsmen and land workers.

Reports of torture, public executions, slave labour, and forced abortions and infanticides in prison camps have emerged.

Emerson poignantly disliked the public sale of slaves, adding to his overall distaste.

After more than a century out of public view, the slave trade in the North has taken center stage with a vengeance.

At the same time, the public bashing of "Slave Trade" — with online commenters pointing indignantly at the "Tetris -styled porTetris -styledng jokes about it — is an all too easy way to portiony porture against overt racracking

Taking pre-colonial medical outbreaks as my point of departure, this project also sheds light on black slaves, public health and quarantine measures.