Did the Roman Empire lack slaves after it stopped expanding?

Slavery in the ancient world and in Rome was vital to both the economy and even the social fabric of the society. read more

The ancient world experienced the extended Spartacus Slave Revolt of 73-71 B.C. while Rome was still expanding and conquering new territories and slaves. Improvement in the treatment of slaves when new supplies of slaves were terminated – the law of supply and demand at work – was noted by anti-slavery historian Edward Gibbon in Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. read more

Slavery did not go out of fashion everywhere in the world. But it is safe to say, slavery is the sin of civilisation. Because only a large, settled culture could afford slaves. The Roman Empire was such a culture. read more

The main cause of the fall of the Roman Empire is still a topic of debate among historians, maybe because it is a symbol of what we fear about our own civilization. There are many different theories about why a superpower that ruled for 500 years crumbled and fell, but most scholars degree that it wasn’t one event, but a series of factors that caused a steady decline. read more