# Romans and Greek Slaves.

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 30, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romans-and-greek-slaves/828653 "2019-01-30T01:47:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romans-and-greek-slaves/828653/41 "2019-02-01T15:27:11Z")

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> [@griffin1977](#):
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> Though that was a supply and demand issue. The huge conquests that resulted in the enslavment of 100,000s were mostly over by then. So there was no longer an inexhaustible supply of slaves.

I wonder if there was the equivalent of the baby boomer problem today? A surge in slaves decades ago results in a surge of homeless geriatric ex-slaves flooding the cities and inconveniently begging and dying in droves? This would likely result in the usual result - pass a law requiring Old Age Pension - i.e. owner provide food and lodging - for old slaves.

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