Rome’s Castrated Child Slaves: Emperors’ Darkest Secret

Описание: What Life Was Really Like for Young Male Slaves in Ancient Rome
The Roman Empire had a dark secret that history books don't mention: delicatus slaves. Young boys bought for their appearance, castrated, and kept as living decorations by senators and emperors. This is the brutal truth about Rome's "favored" slaves.
From the slave markets of the Forum Boarium where boys cost more than farms, to Emperor Nero's forced "marriage" to Sporus, this video exposes the systematic exploitation hidden behind marble columns and grand speeches about Roman virtue.
Historical Sources:



Suetonius - "The Twelve Caesars" (Lives of Nero, Domitian, Tiberius)
Juvenal - Satires (references to slave prices and delicatus)
Martial - Epigrams (mentions of Earinus and household eunuchs)
Tacitus - Annals (criticism of Eastern practices, Roman hypocrisy)
Statius - Silvae (elegies for young slaves like Glaucias)

The mortality rate for castration was 60-90%. Most didn't survive. Those who did were trapped in a gilded cage - surrounded by luxury but never free.
Rome lectured the world about civilization while brutalizing children behind closed doors. The marble was always covering up blood.








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