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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I would try to escape for sure

AH! ONE OF THE BAUGADAE! YES, EMPEROR, THIS BANDIT RIGHT HERE

With all seriousness, many invading barbarian tribes of this period swelled their ranks with dissatisfied Roman peasants escaping the position of coloni, for exactly the reason that they were utterly intolerable conditions.

Crazy how even successful societies dismantle themselves when the powerful are left unrestrained.