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Freed People (Liberti)

A libertus was a person who had been enslaved and then freed. He was not a slave any longer. His former master became his patron, and the freedman took the clan name of that family.

Grades 6–8. Daily life.

How it connects

Libertus means a freedman. The patron and client card is the relationship that followed freedom.

Latin words that go with this card: servus, nomen.

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