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How can we tell that Freedmen could be Influential in Pompeii and Herculaneum after AD 62?
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How can we tell that Freedmen could be Influential in Pompeii and Herculaneum after AD 62? Who were the Freedmen of Pompeii? A freedman was a former slave who had been legally set free by their master, often for a great show of faithfulness or a general good service to their master. In the process of being set free (known as manumission) the slave was beaten one final time to remind them that they were still in debt to their master after being released. I'm going to explore what happened after they were liberated from slavery and how we know that many of them found themselves to be quite prosperous and influential. Although many freedmen in Pompeii were traders, nearly half of all artists were freedmen and freedmen doctors had existed for a long time. Perhaps this is partially due to the fact that many freedmen had learnt to look after...
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