No. The foundation of freedom as defined in Western and European law comes mostly from the roman empire and is what later defined the political science of liberty.
The foundation of freedom rest in the individual ability to create agency. Freedom is not the "liberty for everyone to do what he likes, to live as he pleases, and not to be tied by any laws", but "consists of being under no other lawmaking power except that established by consent".
It was a licensed chosen by a vote. As freedom goes, it more or less defines the ideal situation.