[AnotherUnixGeek]

Denzel is a former slave who is now a wealthy merchant who does not like the emperors.

I'm a big fan of Denzel Washington, all the way back from his "St. Elsewhere" days, but I hope he's not miscast. I have no idea what percentage of Roman slaves were sub-Saharan Africans, but my guess is that it was quite small. When Roman referred to Africa, they mostly meant what is now Egypt, Libya, Algeria and Morocco.

[NetAddicted]

I forgot Denzel was in St Elsewhere. Clooney I remembered.

[ConservativeMind]

I watched him first in St. Elsewhere.

I really enjoyed that show.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

There were some black slaves in Rome. Not many though. They were considered quite exotic and were as prized as blonds from the far north although not as much as redheads.

They probably would have come from the Kingdom of Aksum who was a Roman trading partner.

They might have even had a few Indians (dot not feather) because there was sporadic trading with them as well.

What we would consider Oriental or Asian people would have been almost unknown but you might track down one or two.