40.13, 40.14, 40.20 & 40.12 Slave coffle on the road by AladdinXXL (aka Ala-ad-DinXXL)
Category: LATVIA
Cherusci noble girl in a slave carriage
37.15 Cherusci noble girl in a slave carriage by AladdinXXL (aka Ala-ad-DinXXL)
*Cherusci slave: The Cherusci were a Germanic tribe living around the central Weser River in the 1st century BC and 1st century AD. The Cherusci leader Arminius led a confederation of tribes in the ambush that destroyed three Roman legions in the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9. (Wikipedia)
Sitting on low wooden platforms or benches, with legs positioned to allow buyers to view their physical features
Exposed and waiting buyers, Sit here and open your legs! & Taming an unruly Northerner (4th pic altered) by AladdinXXL (aka Ala-ad-DinXXL)
Some aggressive captives were stripped entirely as an act of humiliation and to prevent weapon concealment. Stripping them also served as a psychological method of dominance over a once-proud barbarian female.
38-3 Roman slave coffle (Catenae) by AladdinXXL (aka Ala-ad-DinXXL)