Economy Flashcards
1
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Argiculture
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- Most important part of ecomony
- P market town for sale of produce
- Working farms = villa rusticae
- Produce traded throughout empire
2
Q
Trade
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- P was a river port = trade centre
- P played important role in economy of Campanian reigion
- Herculanuem small fishing village (serve local needs)
Evidence:
Pompeii:
- Red Ware pottery found in Italy, Greece, Nth Africa, Germany, Britain
3
Q
Imports and Exports
A
Imports:
- Table wear from italy, france and cyprus
- Wine from Cos, Crete, Rhodes, Palestine and Italy
- olive oil from Libya and Spain
- Garum from Spain
Exports:
- Garum and wine
4
Q
Commerce
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- Many shops in Pompeii (front room of houses)
- Forum = centre of commerce
- Herculaneum not a manufacturing town, did include food, wine and goods shops
- Markets crucial in commerce
- Bars plentiful on main roads, near gates
- Thermopolium (small food stores) scattered in P
Evidence
- Macellum (meat and fish market) found fishbones and scales in drains underneathe
- Forum Holitorium: dried food market
- Mensa Ponderaria: scales to weigh produce
- Inn of Euxinus: reveals home vineyard (plaster casts of roots), 2 large dolia, shows home produced and imported wine
5
Q
Industry and occupation
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- Industry included; agriculture, wine and bakeries
- P had cloth manufacturer
- P large community of crafts man and merchants
Evidence:
- House of Vetti, depicted cupids engaged in various arts and crafts
6
Q
Banking
A
- Cache of 127 waxed writing tablets at Villa Murecine = banking and money lending established practice
- Tablets refer to commercial transations (loans, IOUS and reciepts)
7
Q
Vineyards and wine production
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Jashemski: Existance of vineyards through plaster casts of vine root systems
- Villas sometimes had grape press and vat for storage and fermentation of wine
- Strabo and Pliny speak of wine of region
- Graffiti on bar walls and inscriptions on amphorae show variety of wines
- Tocular: wine press
8
Q
Garum
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- Thick, salty, fermented fish sauce
- P famous for garum
- Pliny the Elder mentions its excellence
9
Q
Bakeries (pistrina)
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- Significant feature of streetscape in both P and H
- 28 bakeries in P
- 7 in a row on a street in P
- Paintings of bread and carbonised remains depict common loaf (8 segments, stamped with bakers mark)
10
Q
Fullers and Dyers
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- Fullery was a laundary/textile manufacturer
- Dyeworks and dying vats have been found
- Vegetable dyes were used
Evidence:
- Fullery of Stephanus
11
Q
Herculaneum
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- No evidence of commercial centre or forum
- few thermopolia, a tavern and a bakery
- Little is known of agriculture and manufacturing aspects
- Few shops have been exacavated, those found are thought to have sold food, drinkings and clothing
