14 events with tag "slaves"
1500 BC
ID: 5337
Peak of Nubian gold production - thousands die in Eastern Desert mines, gold funds Egyptian empire and monumental architecture
ID: 5337
483 BC
ID: 5320
Laurion silver funds Athenian fleet - 100 talents annually from mines employing 20,000 slaves, decisive for Salamis victory
ID: 5320
227 BC
ID: 5321
Carthaginians develop Cartagena silver mines - Hasdrubal founds New Carthage near richest silver deposits in Mediterranean, 40,000 slaves at peak
ID: 5321
140 BC
ID: 5347
Diodorus Siculus describes mine horrors - children carry ore through tunnels, prisoners worked to death, bodies left where they fall
ID: 5347
100 BC
ID: 5326
Slave uprising at Spanish mines - thousands of mining slaves revolt, suppressed brutally, Diodorus describes horrific conditions
ID: 5326
73 BC
ID: 2685
Spartacus rebellion begins - gladiator leads slave revolt from Capua, defeats multiple Roman armies
ID: 2685
71 BC
ID: 2686
Spartacus defeated - Crassus crucifies 6,000 slaves along Via Appia from Capua to Rome, Pompey claims credit
ID: 2686
50 BC
ID: 5345
Roman mining law codified - detailed regulations on claims, slaves, safety, ore processing, and taxation developed
ID: 5345
80
ID: 5350
Roman drainage wheels at Rio Tinto - series of waterwheels lift water 30 meters from mine depths, 24-hour slave operation
ID: 5350
120
ID: 5349
Deep mining at Roșia Montană - galleries reach 100+ meters depth, wax tablets preserve miner contracts and slave sales
ID: 5349
130
ID: 5356
Slave children in Spanish mines - boys as young as 7 carry ore baskets, life expectancy under 25 years, no daylight for months
ID: 5356
200
ID: 5360
Peak Roman mining employment - estimated 100,000+ slaves and workers in Spanish mines alone, millions empire-wide
ID: 5360
640
ID: 3906
John IV becomes seventy-second pope - ransoms Christian slaves from Dalmatia
ID: 3906
1651
ID: 3417
St. Peter Claver dies in Colombia - 'slave of slaves' - Baptized 300,000 African slaves: 'We must speak to them with our hands by giving before we speak with our lips'
ID: 3417