@semdijkstra9784
Spartacus be like: am i a joke to you?
@raminsafizadeh
Persians-the Achaemenid empire-outlawed slavery!
@Odinson224
Also I believe the quite a few stoics were against slavery as well quite a few of them being slaves including Epictetus.
@stevezodiac491
And it was English civilisation by the name of William Wilberforce who brought the practice to an end in all the lands they had control over and gave an example for the world to follow.
@redtube8667
The first weatern*. The Qin Dynasty, who conquered the Warring States and Unified China in 221 BC, were vocal abolitionists. The Persians also left a lot of antislavery art and politically positioned themselves as liberators which incentivised the lower classes of neighboring powers to choose to support the encroaching Persians during war.
@thedoctorg02
Cyrus the Great, who banned slavery six centuries before Christ: 🤡
@mistermysteryman107
Umm. I’m pretty sure there were ancient Egyptians who were opposed to it too.
@harrisondarby1333
Perhaps this is a naïve position, but I’m pretty sure ancient abolitionism existed. I think it was suppressed and nearly completely neglected by ancient historians (many of whom were rich slave owners themselves, history being written by the “victors”), hence why we read so little about it as to give the impression it didn’t exist. It clearly never gained a full head of steam, but if it ever did, do you think rich slave owners would A) fully chronicle and fairly portray their struggle or B) largely neglect the movement then slander and mischaracterise its leaders? I lean toward the second, as that is a trend we see all too often in Ancient Histories (Julius Caesar being portrayed by Optimates-sympathising historians as a narcissistic and tyrannical despot, Octavian being portrayed as Caesar’s rightful heir despite having very little relationship with his great-uncle and being politically far closer to Caesar’s enemies than Caesar, the adoration of Cicero and his illegal application of the death penalty by conservative historians that still shapes how we view the man today, perhaps even historically “unpopular” emperors like Caligula and Domitian had better intentions and were mischaracterised). I’m pretty certain there were transcendent if silent (or silenced) thinkers and voices that questioned the institutions of their time, much as there are today, and slavery must have been among these critically discussed institutions. Curious to hear your thoughts on this. Big fan of your channel and the educational material you produce! Not enough antiquity buffs on YouTube, imo, and you do great work. :)
@helenafactome
Bible says slaves and servents had to accept their condition as work well.
@erraticonteuse
So how true is it that Achaemenid Persia had no (or almost no) slavery?
@KertPerteson
Spartacus
@toastyshakes247
Conor Hollingsworth?
@BlackJuck
Slavery was necessary to escape hunter-gathering. With basic survival being a full time job, cities could not be built and tools couldnt be made, slavery was a way for work to be done while others could have free time to do other things like learn or create etc… theres a reason it was seen as barbaric and ancient even more than a thousand years ago. We progressed past slavery when the advances gained because of it allowed us too.
@welcome2here
What about the servile wars.
@alem8100