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

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

It is 19th century, not 2nd, but Frederick Douglass describes how one elderly woman in her sevenites was simply sent out to live in a shack in the woods with no-one to look after her, and presumably very little in the way of supplies.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

*shudder* that is very sad. :-(