Ancient Slavery in the Central Balkans: Some Starting Points on pre-Roman Period
Antičko ropstvo na centralnom Balkanu: polazne tačke o pre-rimskom periodu

Summary/Abstract: The paper considers the issues related to slavery in the Central Balkans inthe proto-historic i.e. Late Iron Age period. It is conceived as a first step towards moreprofound future study, and deals with the history of research and theoretical-methodologicalapproaches to the problem of slavery among the Late Iron Age communities. Thetext revisits earlier interpretations of slavery derived from ancient written accounts andarchaeological evidence, and then offers insights that rely on recent research of slaveryin general, and in prehistoric period in particular. Finally, it is argued that it is necessaryto consider the possibility of ‘societies with slaves’ when researching the Central BalkanIron Age communities, even though they are often regarded as ‘small-scale societies’that profoundly differed from the Mediterranean ‘slave societies’.

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