: Served as domestic servants, cooks, or craftsmen. Highly educated slaves, often of Greek origin, served as tutors, physicians, or accountants for wealthy families.
: Owned by the state, these individuals maintained public buildings, worked in the civil service, or served as assistants to priests and magistrates. Manumission and Social Mobility Slaves of Rome
: Often faced the harshest conditions, working in large agricultural estates ( latifundia ), mines, or quarries. : Served as domestic servants, cooks, or craftsmen
The life of a slave varied greatly depending on their skills and their master's status: : Served as domestic servants