The influence of Marx is decisive; for him the ancient society was characterized by development of private ownership and the dominant (and not secondary as in other pre-capitalist societies) character of slavery as a mode of production.
Marksov utjecaj tu je bio presudan; za njega antičko društvo karakterizira razvoj privatnog vlasništva i dominantnu (ne sekundarnu, kao u drugim pretkapitalističkim društvima) narav ropstva kao načina proizvodnje.