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Loeb war-narrative prints captives as saleable unfree labour after battles

Printed captive-sale is not a 216 BCE bill of sale scan. In the causal graph this event weakens Protection of Minority Rights, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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Livy/Polybius English treat prisoners as property.

Context

Twin of inequality-extraction. This stores captives as printed.

Hannibal is not the sole author of every later object, law, or museum label that uses the name. Shared work with courts, excavators, printers, spouses, officials, and later states does not erase a documented role, and it does not make an ancient person the signer of a twentieth-century statute.

Why it matters

Printed captive-sale is not a 216 BCE bill of sale scan.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Hannibal

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.36 · verified

    Named Carthaginian general as heading of later annalistic epic. Polybius, Livy, and later staff colleges publish the instrument.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactLoeb war-narrative prints captives as saleable unfree labour after battles
    2. weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 1 September 1922 · verified

    Printed captive-sale is not a 216 BCE bill of sale scan.

    • Having a say in government

      via Protection of Minority Rights

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Protection of Minority Rights

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Livius.org — HannibalLivius.org / Jona Lendering · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Perseus — Livy (English)Perseus Digital Library / Tufts · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Not established: a unique Factrail-original body count, or a recovered 216 BCE civil-registry file.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, and museums are not converted into extra lifetime acts. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself. Confidence is stated on the impact path. A later English edition is not a recovered autograph. If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here. Confidence is stated on the impact path.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorHannibal
  2. contributed toFactLoeb war-narrative prints captives as saleable unfree labour after battles
  3. weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Loeb war-narrative prints captives as saleable unfree labour after battles. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ha-slavery-captives

https://factrail.ai/facts/ha-slavery-captives

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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