slave-volunteers

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 24 §10 with the army of slave-volunteers

  Slaves bought and freed for military service (volones), the bulk of Gracchus' army, fighting to earn their liberty.

• The History of Rome, Book 25 §6 slaves bought for this war

  The volones, slaves enlisted and freed for service after Cannae; Gracchus' volunteer army, which disbands at his death (§20).

• The History of Rome, Book 27 §38 the volones

  The volones, slave-volunteers enlisted and freed for the army after Cannae, here recalled to the standards.