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So all the various threads about Slavery and how long it could have lasted got me thinking about another Empire that had widespread use of slavery: Rome. I remember reading somewhere that at one point 10 percent of the Empire's population were enslaved, maybe even higher. With a population of 60 million plus this would amount to,guesstimating 8 million slaves. So what happened to them all? Was slavery gradually fazed out? Did the slaves die out because of various barbarian invasions? Or was there another reason that I haven't thought of? And what about in the East? Did slavery last longer or shorter there?
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