Royal Scythians and the Slave-Trade in Herodotus' Scythia

David C. Braund

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Classical Antiquity Studies Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History Ancient Near East History

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Herodotus has a lot to say about slavery and about particular slaves and groups of slaves. The broad theme was, of course, central to his historical conception and presentation of the Persian Wars and of warfare in general, as well as being key to the contrastingnomoiwhose range and significance he is concerned to explore. Against that large background, I wish to examine Herodotus' understanding of slavery and slave-trading on the north coast of the Black Sea, with a view to a fuller appreciation of hisHistoriesand of exchange in the region. Three broad observations will assist.

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