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In the movie Gladiator, Russell Crowe's character Maximus is taken as a slave from his own villa. What recourse did Roman Citizens and others have against being kidnapped and sold into slavery within the Roman Empire?

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In the movie Gladiator, Russell Crowe's character Maximus is taken as a slave from his own villa. What recourse did Roman Citizens and others have against being kidnapped and sold into slavery within the Roman Empire?	2746