This scene depicts slaves being auctioned off to future owners. Their dreadfulness can be easily seen, most likely intentionally drawn by the artist in order to show the gruesome lives the slaves of Ancient Rome went through.
Women could be gifts to slaves if they had proven to their masters to be worthy of such a gift. They were looked at as presents and items rather than human beings.
This image shows how unjust slavery is, and that it should be looked at as something completely immoral because of the treatment humans receive as if they were merely items.
In the ancient world, slavery was a widely accepted practice. However; it has been stated in the Old and New Testaments that slavery is in fact immoral, because of the unjust treatment these humans or "things" received.
Slaves were a key reason for the fall of the great city-state of Rome. With the increased violence being used in warfare, the Roman slaves were required to exert much more physical effort, making them angry and rebellious.
This abstract drawing depicts the slaves that had been manumitted and were celebrating their lives as free men.
This scene displays how hard the work was that slaves had to and the extents they went to complete them and please their masters.