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As the prospect of foreign conquests came to a definitive end by the latter half of the 3rd century and as slaves gained increasing legal protection and possibility of manumission, slaves became harder to procure and more expensive to acquire. Accordingly, many of the large landowners of Great Levantia began the transition from slavery to free Levantine citizens from cities, particularly with respect to agricultural activities. This process precipitated a period of several centuries where cities would become largely depopulated, also reducing the need for large staffs of household slaves in urban homes of the elite. The slow transition to serfdom which began around this period not only lead to major economic changes but lead to a concentration of existing slaves to be sent to mines. Following centuries of improvement with respect to their legal position, the material conditions of slaves suddenly plummeted and life expectancies grew significantly shorter. | As the prospect of foreign conquests came to a definitive end by the latter half of the 3rd century and as slaves gained increasing legal protection and possibility of manumission, slaves became harder to procure and more expensive to acquire. Accordingly, many of the large landowners of Great Levantia began the transition from slavery to free Levantine citizens from cities, particularly with respect to agricultural activities. This process precipitated a period of several centuries where cities would become largely depopulated, also reducing the need for large staffs of household slaves in urban homes of the elite. The slow transition to serfdom which began around this period not only lead to major economic changes but lead to a concentration of existing slaves to be sent to mines. Following centuries of improvement with respect to their legal position, the material conditions of slaves suddenly plummeted and life expectancies grew significantly shorter. | ||
The introduction of [[Catholic Church|Christianity]] as both a legal and eventually official institution was another blow to slavery. Not only did Christian morality require humane treatment of slaves and a general suspicion of the institution, but it also lead to the rapid decline of [[Religion in | The introduction of [[Catholic Church|Christianity]] as both a legal and eventually official institution was another blow to slavery. Not only did Christian morality require humane treatment of slaves and a general suspicion of the institution, but it also lead to the rapid decline of [[Religion in Great Levantia|ancient Levantine religion]]. As many temples began to close or be forcefully converted into Churches, the primarily slave-based industry of temple prostitution waned considerably in the 4th century. | ||
===Functional end of slavery=== | ===Functional end of slavery=== | ||
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==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
[[Great Levantia|Great Levantine]] slave practices, in both where they took slaves from and where they sold or settled them, had massive, permanent, demographic impacts on [[Levantia]]. A prominent example can be found in [[The Valley (Urcea)|Urcea's Valley region]], which had almost entirely driven out or assimilated its indigineous [[Gaelic people]] into [[Latinic people|Latinic culture]] by around 150 BC with the exception of remote mountain and forested regions far from the Valley's main urban area around the [[Urce River]]. The massive arrival of slaves from the [[Gallian War]] reestablished Gaelic cultural traditions and mores in the urban areas of the Valley, setting up later cultural integration. Many historians have suggested Levantine slavery was a primary driver behind the establishment of the [[Urcean people]], and deportations from [[Tromarine]] almost certainly was the significant event which preceded the establishment of the [[Garán people]] of [[Carolina]]. | [[Great Levantia|Great Levantine]] slave practices, in both where they took slaves from and where they sold or settled them, had massive, permanent, demographic impacts on [[Levantia]]. A prominent example can be found in [[The Valley (Urcea)|Urcea's Valley region]], which had almost entirely driven out or assimilated its indigineous [[Gaelic people]] into [[Latinic people|Latinic culture]] by around 150 BC with the exception of remote mountain and forested regions far from the Valley's main urban area around the [[Urce River]]. The massive arrival of slaves from the [[Gallian War]] reestablished Gaelic cultural traditions and mores in the urban areas of the Valley, setting up later cultural integration. Many historians have suggested Levantine slavery was a primary driver behind the establishment of the [[Urcean people]], and deportations from [[Tromarine]] almost certainly was the significant event which preceded the establishment of the [[Garán people]] of [[Carolina]]. | ||
==See also== | |||
*[[Slavery in Caphiria]] | |||
*[[Chattle slavery]] | |||
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