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What kind of work did slaves do?
How were they treated by their masters? ancient athens

What kind of work did slaves do? How were they treated by their masters? ancient athens-example-1

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The principal use of slaves was in agriculture, but they were also used in stone quarries or mines, and as domestic servants.

s. Slaves were the lowest class in Athenian society, but according to many contemporary accounts they were far less harshly treated than in most other Greek cities, one of the criticisms of Athens was that its slaves and freemen were difficult to tell apart.

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