What if Rome had banned slavery when it became a Republic?

Not even remotely plausible, for it was too ingrained in the society. It's not just that no one questioned it - it simply never occurred to anyone to question it. In all the surviving literature from the ancient world, there is literally not a single sentence by anyone that even remotely suggests slavery is immoral. Seneca says that people should treat their slaves decently, but that is as close as you get.
This s not completely true. There is one example of someone in the ancient world who opposed slavery, Alcidamas of Elaea.
 
If they somehow did this without tanking their economy (it's hard to imagine Rome without it) and still managing to take places like Gaul, Britain, Egypt, and so on...

This would probably solidify the idea that slavery is wrong in both Rome and any civilizations that come from it's ashes.

Or at least slavery of co-religiousmen is wrong. And baptism or whatever process of conversion to the dominant religion of Kingdom X would grant freedom.
 
If the Rome would've granted freedom from slavery. The black people wouldn't be transported to the americas and Europe. So the face of the world would have been different.
 
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