Slavery in Ancient Greece

The liberal democracies of the West have always looked to Ancient Greece as the cradle of many cherished ideas and ideals, so it often seems like a contradiction to modern students that Greece was also a slave-owning society. But in fact, whether it's the militarism of Sparta or the democracy of Athens, we'll see that the development of Greek culture and their self-image was tightly linked to the dichotomy of liberty and slavery. By exploring both the ancient sources and modern scholarship, this video hopes to serve as a nearly comprehensive examination of the many aspects of slavery in the ancient world.
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0:00:00 Introduction
0:02:00 Democracy and Slavery
0:10:07 Where Slaves were Employed
0:16:05 Slavery by the Numbers
0:18:43 Construction & Mining
0:19:42 Sources of Slaves
0:22:24 The Scythian Archers
0:24:04 Justice & Law
0:27:03 Freedom & Citizenship
0:31:18 The Ideology of Slave Societies
0:34:17 The Language of Slavery
0:36:02 Pseudoscience and Slavery
0:37:01 What did Aristotle think?
0:40:11 Sophist, Stoic, and Cynic Perspectives
0:42:21 What did Aristotle actually think?
1:00:13 Slavery in Sparta
1:09:21 Outro

[@mhdfrb9971]

"There is only one condition in which we can imagine managers not needing subordinates, and masters not needing slaves. This condition would be that each (inanimate) instrument could do its own work."

[@shelane1781]

Excellent video. I like the long format.

[@Sanakudou]

This was an amazingly informative as well as engaging video on this subject, I appreciate the addition of quotes and sources throughout the video too. I would definitely be fascinated to see the additional video on Sparta if you decide to go ahead with it in the future!

[@chrisb9365]

I wish this channel becomes more popular. Great content!

[@andychap6283]

This video was fantastic, deep dive was really good

[@esthernachoimikham3698]

Thankyou so much for completions notes provided ❤

[@earl2348]

Reading historical fiction, I often find a problem with Slavery Apoligist writing, in that the main charecters are generally free and as such, treat their slaves well. It’s no suprise, I don’t particularly want to read a book about a scumbag, but still unfortunate.

[@earl2348]

Curious, how would you try to fix the problem here?

[@gazz9971]

great video!

[@professor_kraken]

Great video as always mate, though I'm not sure this new format will work out for you. I definitely enjoyed it, but not everybody might and I think youtube is pretty harsh on promoting channels with disparate content. Also a nitpick, you are of course free to hold personal opinions on the likes of Elon Musk, but it was pretty jarring, since I haven't noticed anything like that in previous videos. Anyway, keep up the good work!

[@NOTHINGNEWYT]

Thank you for the feedback! I was definitely experimenting a little bit with this video in terms of tone and content, and comments like this help me gauge what direction I should go in. Hopefully the future content will be more consistent!

[@Uriel333]

thanks for the video, its fascinating to learn about this stuff

[@NOTHINGNEWYT]

Thanks for watching!

[@marinhaalternativa3829]

It makes me wonder about Onesimus life

[@casteretpollux]

Fantastic!

[@Elonmuskasseater69]

Nice

[@KaufDirGeld]

"What do you think will happen to you if you kiss an attractive boy?"
Sokrates to Xenophon
And they wonder why the turks call them gay.

[@zeotex2851]

Fun fact: A very similar form of such social cognitive dissonance (as the acceptance of slavery was in ancient Greece) exists today: animal agriculture. Every argument you presented here can easily fit it. 💝💝💝

[@PaintballVideosNet]

What?

[@Quin_BNK]

Extremely complex circumstances for all. They should have practiced communal labor changing jobs by turns, making communities frienddly and cooperative. A bit much of a utopia, you would have lazy ones and go tell the assembly, with its philosophical mash ups, that idea
They gonna ltfao

[@herglowup.honestlyspeaking]

DN modern day slavery

[@TheMchef]

Even though I learned the Greeks had slaves it never carried the same weight as American slavery. And I had a rose tinted view of ancient Greece up until now... Excellent video, you definitely red pilled me on romanticizing the Greeks.

[@NOTHINGNEWYT]

Glad you enjoyed the video, and thanks for supporting the channel!

[@RealBonnieBlue]

Every culture had slaves during that period of history. Prisoners of war usually became slaves and in Greece they were mostly other Greeks. You would probably be a slave today if slavery was legal. And if it was, you would pray to the heavens to be a slave in Greece than one in any African, Muslim or Asian country.

[@Quin_BNK]

💀

[@tundakyat457]

The Greeks eventually became slaves to the Romans after the defeat in many wars about the 190s BC. More Greeks were slaves to the Romans than the amount of other people enslaved in Greece. Greek slaves were mainly used in stone works to build the roads, temples and aqueducts through the Roman empire. The Spartans no longer exist because they were all sold into slavery.

[@RealBonnieBlue]

"Conquered Greece took captive her savage conqueror and brought her arts into rustic Latium" - Horace. Romans enslaved other Romans and other states of Italy. Slavery especially enslaving prisoners was normal. Of all the enslaving going on Greece was the one you wish was your captor.

[@ShareefusMaximus]

I'm an American descendant of African slaves. And I agree with the ancient Greeks that the conditions of the slavery and the rights of the slaves makes a huge difference in the ethics of the slavery. It's a universal condition after the agricultural revolution, one that every race has practiced. Until industrialization, there wasn't even a second thought about slavery, every advanced culture practiced it.

[@mckenyon]

Well, in almost every case this is true utterly. But there are a few exceptions, I believe. The Persians who practiced Ancient Zoroastrianism did not like slavery. The Achaemenid Empire extended a lot of autonomy to its several parts, and so there was slavery. But the Persians of that time and the Persian religion of that time thought slavery was wrong.

[@NathanDudani]

History of ideas lol

[@Kat-ct7cy]

It is natural. Most people are modern day slaves, and there are more slaves now than in 1776. Natural order doesn't mean ideal

[@NathanDudani]

Lol 1776

[@joe9092410767]

in the future, if there is one hopefully, our descendants will be shaking their heads about our barbaric practices and we have lots