<description>&lt;html&gt;&lt;p&gt;On May 24th, 166 AD, a seven-year-old boy was sold for the price of 200 denarii in the city of Seleucia Pieria. How did Abbas get there, and what happened to him afterward? The answers shed a great deal of light on how the Roman slave trade actually worked in practice.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Become a member now at &lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/PastLivesMedia." target="_blank"&gt;www.patreon.com/cw/PastLivesMedia.&lt;/a&gt; You'll get access to the Past Lives Discord server and four pieces of bonus content per month (including a historian interview, book club, Q and A, and a sources and evidence discussion). Past Lives is a 100-percent independent production, and your support is what allows us to make this show. So, thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</description>

Past Lives

Patrick Wyman

Abbas and the Roman Slave Trade (Parthia, Second Century AD)

JAN 14, 202626 MIN
Past Lives

Abbas and the Roman Slave Trade (Parthia, Second Century AD)

JAN 14, 202626 MIN

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<html><p>On May 24th, 166 AD, a seven-year-old boy was sold for the price of 200 denarii in the city of Seleucia Pieria. How did Abbas get there, and what happened to him afterward? The answers shed a great deal of light on how the Roman slave trade actually worked in practice.<br/><br/>Become a member now at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/PastLivesMedia." target="_blank">www.patreon.com/cw/PastLivesMedia.</a> You'll get access to the Past Lives Discord server and four pieces of bonus content per month (including a historian interview, book club, Q and A, and a sources and evidence discussion). Past Lives is a 100-percent independent production, and your support is what allows us to make this show. So, thank you.</p></html>