Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . prevailed everywherein ancient times. When the Romans conquered a new regionthey were in the habit, in accordance with the customs of war,of reducing a considerable part of the inhabitants to this way the number of slaves was constantly were millions of them. A single rich landholder mightown hundreds and even thousands, and it was a poor man that 12 Medieval and Modem Times did not have several at least. For six or seven centuri
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . prevailed everywherein ancient times. When the Romans conquered a new regionthey were in the habit, in accordance with the customs of war,of reducing a considerable part of the inhabitants to this way the number of slaves was constantly were millions of them. A single rich landholder mightown hundreds and even thousands, and it was a poor man that 12 Medieval and Modem Times did not have several at least. For six or seven centuries beforethe barbarian invasions every kind of labor fell largely intotheir hands in both country and villa Land was the only highly esteemed form of wealth in the Roman Empire, in spite of the heavy taxes imposed upon large holdings of land no one could hope to enjoy ahigh social position or an honorable office under the the land came gradually into the hands of the richand ambitious, and the small landed proprietor estates called villas covered Italy, Gaul, and Fig. 5. Roman Baths at Bath There are hot springs at Bath, England, and here the Roman colonistsin Britain developed a fashionable watering place. In recent yearsthe soil and rubbish vfhich had through the centuries collected overthe old Roman buildings has been removed and we can get some ideaof how they were arranged. The picture represents a model of a partof the ruins. To the right is a great quadrangular pool, 83 by 40 feetin size, and to the left a circular bath. Over the whole, a fine hall wasbuilt, with recesses on either side of the big pool where one might sitand talk with his friends These villas were cultivated and managed by armies of slaves,who not only tilled the land, but supplied their master, his house-hold, and themselves with much that was needed on the planta-tion. The workmen among them made the tools, garments, andother manuf
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