Roman Slavery, Manumission, and Slave Revolts (3rd century BCE–4th century CE)

1. Lex Poetelia Papiria curtails debt bondage (nexum)

   Jan 1, 326 BCELabels: Lex Poetelia, Debt Bondage

   • Livy Varro summary
   • Nexum

2. First Servile War erupts in Sicily

   Jan 1, 135 BCELabels: First Servile, Sicily

   • First Servile War
   • Britannica

3. First Servile War suppressed by Roman forces

   Jan 1, 132 BCELabels: First Servile, Roman Army

   • First Servile War

4. Second Servile War begins in Sicily

   Jan 1, 104 BCELabels: Second Servile, Sicily

   • Second Servile War

5. Second Servile War ends in Roman victory

   Jan 1, 100 BCELabels: Second Servile, Roman Command

   • Second Servile War

6. Capua gladiators escape, launching Third Servile War

   Jan 1, 73 BCELabels: Third Servile, Capua Gladiators

   • Britannica
   • Third Servile War

7. Rebels defeat Roman militia at Mount Vesuvius

   Jan 1, 73 BCELabels: Spartacus, Mount Vesuvius

   • Vesuvius battle
   • Third Servile War

8. Spartacus revolt crushed at the Silarius River

   Jan 1, 71 BCELabels: Spartacus, Silarius River

   • Silarius battle
   • Britannica

9. Lex Fufia Caninia limits testamentary manumissions

   Jan 1, 2 BCELabels: Lex Fufia, Augustan Law

   • Lex Fufia
   • Augustus laws

10. Lex Aelia Sentia restricts manumission and freed status

    Jan 1, 4Labels: Lex Aelia, Augustan Law

    • Lex Aelia

11. Constitutio Antoniniana grants citizenship to free inhabitants

    Jan 1, 212Labels: Constitutio Antoniniana, Caracalla

    • Constitutio
    • Edinburgh thesis

12. Edict of Milan establishes legal toleration for Christianity

    Feb 1, 313Labels: Edict of, Constantine

    • Britannica

13. Theodosian Code commission created to compile imperial laws

    Mar 26, 429Labels: Theodosian Commission, Theodosius II

    • Theodosian Code

14. Theodosian Code promulgated and set to take effect

    Feb 15, 438Labels: Theodosian Code, Codification

    • Theodosian Code