Slavery in Great Levantia: Difference between revisions

The rarest form of slave were the so-called "cartographic slaves". These slaves were often skilled hunters, trackers, or scouts from both [[Gaelic people|Gaelic]] and [[Gothic people|Gothic]] tribes living on the borders of [[Great Levantia]]. These individuals, kept apart from general slaves, were subject to live enslavement but otherwise allowed relatively modest living comforts. Their responsibility was creating usable campaign maps, charts, and compiled list of other useful geographic information for use by Great Levantia's legions, allowing them to traverse in lands outside the realm. While the information collected by these slaves was often extremely detailed and useful, many slaves intentionally included minor errors in the maps in order to leave Levantine forces at a disadvantage. Cartographic slaves, despite their relatively high standing, were subject to the harshest penalties and punishments if found to be altering their maps or otherwise withholding information. Cartographic slaves who mislead Levantine forces were often publicly disembowled while living in the [[Levantine Forum]]. The practice was discontinued following a number of major military setbacks in [[Gothica]] in the late third centuries, although historians are unclear if cartographic information was responsible or if cartographic slavery was used as an excuse to cover for military leadership.