Elderly slave disposal services in the late second century

[bunn]

Average lifespan for people who made it to the age of 10 was 47.5 years.   Say you have a slave who is 45, and is therefore, presumably, something of a banger.

Suppose you are a bit of a bastard and also a tightwad, and  would prefer not to keep spending money on food, accommodation etc for a slave who was frankly always a bit of a lemon.

You aren't allowed to kill them, Hadrian outlawed that.   Your slave has no marketable value.

What do you do?

Comments

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Give them to to someone you don't much like so they will have to feed them.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

:-D This idea of simply strewing slaves among your enemies, I can't decide if that is better or worse than louisedennis's idea of giving them to the neighbours