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14 Post author: PhilGoetz 08 December 2011 11:47PM

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Comment author: wedrifid 09 December 2011 05:57:24AM *  3 points [-]

Regarding relative brutality, I recall a study of a Roman estate that showed that each year they bought half as many slaves as they already had, didn't sell slaves, and had a roughly constant number of slaves over many years. Do the math.

Wow. Was the estate training gladiators? (The only kind of roman estate I have any familiarity with and the only kind of industry in which that death rate wouldn't be a sign of abysmal management even neglecting all ethical considerations.)

Comment author: lessdazed 10 December 2011 09:05:08AM 1 point [-]

Possibly mining.