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Who was the Greek philosopher who was condemned to slavery, why so, how he got freed and by whom? thanks and thanks
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February 14, 2006

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Rachana Kamtekar
February 24, 2006 (changed February 24, 2006) Permalink

Epictetus (c. 55-135) was born a slave and was freed by his master in later life; it's not really known why, but such a thing was not uncommon. In the ancient Greek world, people became slaves if they were captured in war or were born of a slave (rather than being 'condemned' to slavery)

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