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Yup that’s definitely me (the groping guy in the middle).. except I have hair and a beard..
To maximize profits, one must satisfy ALL buyers!!!Women are going to shop. Another mixed slave market by Tejlor&bernd. Again with the shady slave trader for Montycrusto. Does anyone think slave markets always were mixed sex, or specialized?
From what I've learnt, in Middle Eastern and African slave markets, much like present-day in cattle markets, 'cows' and 'bulls' were sold in the same place, but at different times. Probably likewise in Roman ones. And, in Rome and other major cities, and in the Islamic world, there were general markets, but also special, more private, places where 'top end' slaves were sold at premium prices to wealthy, discriminating customers.Women are going to shop. Another mixed slave market by Tejlor&bernd. Again with the shady slave trader for Montycrusto. Does anyone think slave markets always were mixed sex, or specialized?
Did ladies purchase slaves directly?From what I've learnt, in Middle Eastern and African slave markets, much like present-day in cattle markets, 'cows' and 'bulls' were sold in the same place, but at different times. Probably likewise in Roman ones. And, in Rome and other major cities, and in the Islamic world, there were general markets, but also special, more private, places where 'top end' slaves were sold at premium prices to wealthy, discriminating customers.
Like at the House of Typhus.From what I've learnt, in Middle Eastern and African slave markets, much like present-day in cattle markets, 'cows' and 'bulls' were sold in the same place, but at different times. Probably likewise in Roman ones. And, in Rome and other major cities, and in the Islamic world, there were general markets, but also special, more private, places where 'top end' slaves were sold at premium prices to wealthy, discriminating customers.
I think I read somewhere that they did not do so generally, and those cases where women did go to the slave markets it was sort of like "cross-dressing": a bit scandalous and not done by respectable women. Romans were, apart from a decadent subset, a very morally strict and prudish people, it seems. Seems to be why Christianity caught on there, after a string of decadent and dissipate emperors, especially Commodus.Did ladies purchase slaves directly?
Did ladies purchase slaves directly?
I know there are accounts of Livia (wife of the Emperor Augustus) who would procure young slave girls for Augustus as a present. I suspect she didn't go to the slave markets herself, being wife of the divine Augustus and all.mothers of older children, past child-bearing, or wealthy widows - would have had more independence. I doubt if they'd have visited the public slave-market, they might have gone to high-class merchants' private premises, more likely they'd have had slaves brought to their homes to consider for purchase.
I'm afraid I've had to resort to extreme measures View attachment 1001481 . Amazing ... Thank You Bob ... but you have to stay out of my head !
This is a neat solution to addressing the empty lower left corner of the original painting. Otto Pilny was an Orientalist painter, who toured North Africa in the final decades of the nineteenth century. The painting dates from 1910, so it is contemporary with early motoring, and in fact Pilny was painting such scenes until his death in 1936. The first Willys Jeep was built just five years later in 1941, so I think its appearance here is not as incongruous or anachronistic as it might at first seem.
The character interaction of the inserted figures is delightful. The military type engages the original Bedouin in conversation in a realistic manner. The central figure was originally addressing the seated female with raised arms, but now both are gesticulating towards the new girl, skilfully inserted between them. Lighting and saturation are consistent for the new additions, and the updated version looks very convincing. Nice work, GoatJr!
Why not?I know there are accounts of Livia (wife of the Emperor Augustus) who would procure young slave girls for Augustus as a present. I suspect she didn't go to the slave markets herself, being wife of the divine Augustus and all.
There is a picture that further inflames the imagination about the fate of female slaves in the slave market.Good day everybody, I have found this evocative ancient Rome slave market scene from the bande dessinée of Jacques Martin:
Love these scenesWomen are going to shop. Another mixed slave market by Tejlor&bernd. Again with the shady slave trader for Montycrusto. Does anyone think slave markets always were mixed sex, or specialized?
Love the one with the short haired blond shackled to the post