why did the Roman Empire have a lot of slaves ? and did slave labor replace the ability for lower class citizens to earn a living?

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is it similar to how the USA is today where they have millions and millions of "illegal aliens" who work really cheap. "slave labor wages " nearly and put legal citizens out of work? what is the purpose of this and how Europe is doing the same thing too?

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Slavery has been a part of human civilization since before history was kept. I was normal until a couple of hundred years ago.