Interestingly enough, slavery had almost disappeared by the end of the Roman Empire, at least ỉn the countryside, ỉt had been replaced by serfdom under which the peasant held a plot of land in retum for Services to his maşter. But by that time, so much else had also disappeared that human society in Western Europe had to begin again from a very low level.
Interestingly enough, slavery had almost disappeared by the end of the Roman Empire, at least in the countryside, it had been replaced by serfdom under which the peasant held a plot of land in retum for Services to his master. But by that time, so much else had also disappeared that human society in Western Europe had to begin again from a very low level.