Could Rome have risen to power without slavery?

I. Intro Paragraph

a. Hook – lower class being left unnoticed

b. Thesis statement – Rome could not have risen to power without slavery.

Argument: the higher class of Rome could not have advanced because they would have been too worried sustaining themselves

II. Detail 1

a. Harsh conditions and how that led slaves to work harder because of severe punishments

b. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/slavery-romrep1.html

III. Detail 2

a. What the upper class did instead of doing the “dirty work”

b. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/3slaverevolttexts.htm

IV. Detail 3

a. Slaves helped the population grow, expand, build the city, and the working class

b. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/3slaverevolttexts.htm

V. Conclusion

The lower class has always been left unnoticed. They have been neglected, ignored, and treated unfairly. Who were the main factors in this lower class? Slaves. Slavery prevailed in many countries throughout the world. In Rome, slavery succeeded, and the Romans had more slaves and depended on them more than anyone else. (Madden) These slaves were trained to work in the house, work in the fields, and be the caretakers. These jobs were taken care of while the higher class was able to spend more time working towards improving the city. Rome could not have risen to power without slavery.