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It's kinda weird that they bring up slavery as early as chapter 2 in Lingua Latīna per se Illustrata, ngl.
in reply to Daniel Filan

My impression is that ancient Roman society was extremely stratified, and ~20% of the population were slaves, so if the book is "set" in ancient Rome, it's pretty relevant.
in reply to Ben Weinstein-Raun

@Ben Weinstein-Raun I kinda agree but at the same time, IDK, I guess I feel like it's treated the same way as "having employees". Like the story talks about this family and drops that they have a hundred slaves, which seems like a lot?
in reply to Daniel Filan

@Ben Weinstein-Raun a comment on a YouTube video reading out the chapters, which only slightly exaggerates