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en-wikipedia-org-6292		Status in Roman legal system - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2232	375	60	Status in Roman legal system Wikipedia Find sources: "Status in Roman legal system" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) The social and legal status of slaves in the Roman state was different in different epochs. In the time of old civil law (ius civile Quiritium) slavery had a patriarchal shape (a slave did the same job and lived under the same conditions as his master and family). In the Roman legal system, a slave did not have a family. However, even a foreigner could become free again and even a Roman citizen could become a slave. However, according to classical law, a child of a slave became free (ingenuus), if his or her mother was free, even for a short period of time, during the pregnancy. There were a number of means by which a free man could become a slave in Roman society. Termination of slave status[edit]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6292.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6292.txt