From: Peter Metcalfe (P.Metcalfe@student.canterbury.ac.nz)
Date: Fri 12 Jan 1996 - 12:23:38 EET
Erik Sieurin:
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>What about the "freed slaves of the emperor dominating politics
>phenomena which angers old fogies" of emperors like Claudius and
>Nero? Is there any similar thing in LE?
This sort of thing stemmed from extremely high rate of Slavery within
Whilst I think the 'Freed Slaves' is possible, I think it more likely
As an example: take a middle ranking Lunar Official, to make an
I do believe that some Lunar burecracts are so lazy that they delegate
the Roman Republic and Empire which I think the Lunars lack. While
the Lunars may enslave some people in crushing revolts, they are far
more likely IMO to follow the Assyrian Practice of Forced Resettlement
in a Strange Land (like the River of Cradles, the Redlands etc).
that a high ranking Lunar Official would employ a clan _retainer_ in
such a case. This is not a slave but merely a servant from a family
who has been serving the clan for generations, say.
appointment to see him, one has to see his secretary. This would not
be a recognized position by the Lunar bureacracy (save for the Most
High of Lunar Officials). The Official would employ as his secretary
a scribe who is known to the Official's clan and has been conditioned
for loyalty by the clan mages. The scribe is paid for out of the salary
of the Lunar Official and whatever 'gifts' pass his way.
much of the work to their retainers so that they become the _de_facto_
officials.
- --Peter Metcalfe
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