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RE-RELEASE: The Invisible Thread: Life after Slavery in Pompeii (With Elodie Harper)

RE-RELEASE: The Invisible Thread: Life after Slavery in Pompeii (With Elodie Harper)

FromAncient History Fangirl


RE-RELEASE: The Invisible Thread: Life after Slavery in Pompeii (With Elodie Harper)

FromAncient History Fangirl

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Length:
62 minutes
Released:
Feb 22, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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What happened to people in ancient Rome who were freed from slavery? Turns out there were still invisible threads--economic pressures, imbalances of status, and debts owed to wealthy patrons--that kept many of them in bondage.
On the streets of Pompeii, freedom came at a steep price--especially for women. Today, we talk to Elodie Harper--bestselling author of the Wolf Den and the House with the Golden Door--about enslaved people, freedwomen, and glamorous sex workers whose lives were far more precarious than they seemed.
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Released:
Feb 22, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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An ancient history podcast run by two Millennial women. Misbehaving emperors, poison assassins, mythological mayhem; it’s like if Hardcore History met up with My Favorite Murder in the ancient world, with a heavy helping of booze and laughter. New episodes weekly. On hiatus until September 22.