Slaves in Rome: Low Level Servants or Overlooked Mental Force? During Ancient Roman history slaves played a huge role in society. They served as accountants, secretaries, doctors, architects, and even held positions in the government bureaucracy. A typical stereotype of slaves is a low-level, low-intelligence form of society, yet this is clearly not the case in ancient Rome. In ancient Rome society slaves didn't have to remain slaves forever. They had the opportunity to eventually become a part of free society and even attain the right to vote! Even in their "slave" state they were feared silently by their masters. Although