Ancient Economy

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aerarium  

Graham Burton

Online publication date:
Dec 2015
Subject:
Ancient Economy, Roman Law, Roman Material Culture
Aerarium, derived from aes, denotes ‘treasury’. The main aerarium of Rome was the aerarium Saturni, so called from the temple below the Capitol, in which it was placed. Here were kept state ... More

artisans and craftsmen  

Antony Spawforth

Online publication date:
Jul 2015
Subject:
Ancient Economy, Greek Material Culture: Classical and Hellenistic, Roman Material Culture
In Greece the prejudices of the (largely landowning) citizen-élites against the activities of ‘mechanics’ (banausoi), often slaves, *freedmen, or *metics, subjected artisans to formal handicaps in ... More

baking, Roman  

Jared T. Benton

Online publication date:
Nov 2016
Subject:
Ancient Economy, Science and Technology, Roman Material Culture
The earliest Roman bakers almost certainly made bread for their own households, but not for sale to the public. Pliny the Elder tells us in his Natural History (18.28) that among the quirites of ... More

Carrara  

T. W. Potter

Online publication date:
Dec 2015
Subject:
Ancient Economy, Ancient Geography, Roman Material Culture
White *marble*quarries in NW Italy. Perhaps first exploited on a small scale by the *Etruscans, they were further developed after the foundation of the colony of *Luna in 177 bce, which acted as a ... More

congiarium  

Michael Crawford

Online publication date:
Dec 2015
Subject:
Ancient Economy, Roman Material Culture
Congiarium, from congius (a measure of capacity = 6 sextarii (see measures)), a quantity of oil, wine, etc. , distributed as a gift, later also the cash equivalent. From the time of Augustus onwards, ... More

Docimium  

Stephen Mitchell

Online publication date:
Dec 2015
Subject:
Ancient Economy, Roman Material Culture
Docimium was a city in *Phrygia, about 25 km. (15 ½ mi.) north-east of modern Afyon. It was named after a Macedonian founder, Docimus, and was one of the rare Hellenistic settlements of ... More

latifundia  

M. Stephen Spurr

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Mar 2016
Subject:
Ancient Economy, Ancient Geography, Roman Material Culture
Latifundia (large estates) ‘have ruined Italy and are now ruining the provinces’. *Pliny (1) the Elder (HN 18. 35) put latifundia at the centre of debate about the development of the Roman rural ... More

purple  

Ludwig Alfred Moritz

Online publication date:
Mar 2016
Subject:
Ancient Economy, Roman Material Culture
Of the two main kinds of purple-yielding shellfish described by *Pliny (1) (HN 9. 125–41), purpura and pelagia (Greek πορφύρα) correspond to the Linnaean murex, murex and bucinum (κῆρυξ) to the ... More

villa  

David J. Mattingly

Online publication date:
Mar 2016
Subject:
Ancient Economy, Roman Material Culture
Villa was the Latin word for a rural dwelling associated with an estate, and ranging in character from functional farms to the luxurious country seats of the élite (Varro, Rust. 1. 11. 1–12. 4; 3. 2. ... More

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