Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome
Greetings, from this humble slave, who stands before you today to plead, not for me, but for my fellow slaves. All the previous speaker has just said is not only inaccurate, it defies reality. The Roman system is rigged against us. It is mostly a life of sweat and blood and servitude. These slavery decrees exemplify the embodiment of the efficiency, and the effectiveness of the slavery by the Roman rule (Shelton, 29). Most of us will die before our time. We are dependent on the good grace of our owners. My fellow slaves feel they are treated poorly and hope that all slaves are sympathetic to our plight. Yes, we are under the Roman control, but we are still slaves, dependent on the attitude of our owners. We ask that we are treated like all Romans who just want to make an honest amount to support our families. We all ask to be free but will work off the cost of slavery, and all know and understand that Roman Empire would never have been built if it were not for enslavement. Now, is this the legacy, all Romans want to leave behind?
Without us, where would the empire be today? You would have pestilence and famine, for who would be the cleanup crew? Who would sew your garments,or grow your food? We are tired of brutality, and the rape of our women and children. Give us freedom or death! For we would rather be dead, than to live under these conditions a moment longer. We are artisans, and engineers, house cleaners, and cooks, but will no longer do so unless you free us.

We are willing to work, but want the same rights as any other Roman citizen. My fellow slaves and I are ready to die for the right to be free.
We are not afraid to make the ultimate sacrifice. Life and the way things are now are unacceptable. We provide all the services under great duress. My fellow Romans, slavery is untenable and we choose death over slavery and torture. If you refuse today, just remember, we cook, clean, and provide all the services you require. These services will no longer be done willingly. You need to fear for your lives because poison can enter the body in a variety of ways.
So I say this, be on alert, because you may not know who among us, not present today mayhap be your secret enemy, and you will not know from whence this treachery will come, but come it will and definitely when you least expect it. Yes, all Romans who fail to set us free will rue the day when we slaves will rise up and do away with you and your families, just as you have done to us. It is us, the slaves that run your world, and since you have long forgotten how to manage on your own, this is going to be very interesting, and we will watch from the depths of hell at how chaotic life will be in the future of all Romans who fail to free us now.
After today, there will be a reckoning, unless we are free men. All of you will have to do all your services on your own. Like, I said earlier it is freedom or death, now, which one is it going to be. Discuss it among yourselves.
Works Cited
Shelton, Jo-Ann, As the Romans did : a sourcebook in Roman social history New York : Oxford
University Press, 1988. Ebook 17 November 2016