What I'm not clear about is if being black was a barrier to the normal Roman proceses of integration during the empire. 1/
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Sure, there are casual expressions of distaste in literary sources(e.g. in Petronius). Someone quoted these at me during the RB debate. 2/
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What happened to a Black freedman in Campania or Rome ? What happened to Black auxiliaries after their service ? They were citizens. 3/
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Were they citizens like any others ? I.e. could they leverage their position, money and connections into social mobility in Rom society ? 4/
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Did they intermarry in local provincial or municipal society ? Balsdon thought not. What do we know now ? 5/
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