The finding aligns with the harrowing accounts of second-century AD writer Apuleius, whose Metamorphoses IX 11-13 describes the backbreaking labour endured by men, women, and animals in ancient mills and bakeries.
Not even more people. By the definition used above most of the world’s would have consisted of slaves until recently.
Sure, most people in history actually were not free by modern standards, but “slaves” means a class of people that was even more deprived of rights.
More people, but a MUCH smaller percentage.
Not even more people. By the definition used above most of the world’s would have consisted of slaves until recently. Sure, most people in history actually were not free by modern standards, but “slaves” means a class of people that was even more deprived of rights.