The Roman Empire developed mainly in Italy. The fourth class of the Roman society was the slave class, which used to do all the work of landlords, wealthy merchants, moneylenders, independent farmers and residents of the cities. Here life of slaves was very hard. They were forced to work throughout the day and after that they were locked in their cells. Some slaves also lived in good conditions and some slaves were more educated and skilled than their masters. Such slaves were few in number. Thus, the slaves contributed significantly to the development of Roman civilization.
