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Economy Money And Technology Flashcards

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Tabernarii

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shopkeeper

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Argentarii

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money guarantors or changers.

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Mercatori

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merchants

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Negatiatores

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businessmen

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Navicularii

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operators of commercial boats

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Madrague de Gien

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site of well preserved shipwreck found in the 1970s off the coast of southern France.

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Ventotene

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site of series of 5 wrecks found in 2009 off the coast of an island in the bay if Naples.

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La Granfesenque, France

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a massive production center for Terra sigillata, begun under the reign of augustus.

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Naples, Italy

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site of several commercial ships found in the silted in port area, along with thousands of ceramic vessels

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The Magdalensberg, Austria

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Roman center for the production and distribution of steel artifacts.

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Rio Tinto, Spain

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site of series of Roman silver, lead, and copper mines.

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Las Medulas, Spain and Dolaucothi, Wales

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sites of Imperial gold mines.

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Monte Testaccio, Rome

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site of massive dump of oil amphoras

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Chemtou, Tunisia

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site of Roman marble quarries with sophisticated horizontal turbines for miling

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Hierapolis, Asia Minor

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site preserving evidence of a water powered sawmill for cutting stone

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Barbegal, France

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site of double chain of sixteen aqueduct powered grain mills.

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Reciprocal exchange

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a type of non commercial exchange of goods and services between individuals. has a stronger social than commercial connotation.

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The market

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a type of commercial exchange in which prices are established according to supply and demand.

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Redistribution

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a type of non commercial exchange where a central authority gathers together resources and apportion them based on social or political standing.

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Samian Ware

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Terra sigillata made in Gaul

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Arretine Ware

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Terra sigillata made in the Italian workshops in and around the town of Arezzo

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Terra Sigillata

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a general term for ancient Roman red slipware, meaning stamped because of the mold decorations or makers mark impressed on many Roman vessels.

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Taberna

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a small shop or office occupying building frontage along a street or Plaza. sometimes with a built in counter.

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Horrea

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warehouse

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Saqqiya

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an ancient device used to lift water using a chain of buckets or pots attached to a wheel

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Dressel

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a German scholar. amphora are recorded according to their type based on his research.

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Garum

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a fermented fish sauce, mass produced and popular across the Roman world

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Oppidum

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a small town

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Revetment

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thin cuts slabs of marble used as decorative paneling on interior walls

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in kind

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a manner of payment in some form other than money.

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hushing

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erosive strip mining effected by release of massive volumes of water down a slope.

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slag

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the molten by product of metal smelting

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Cupellation

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the process of separating gold or silver from base metals such as lead or copper

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Slip

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diluted clay applied to a vessel to impart a glossy finish.

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Exergue

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lowest zone of a coin face.

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Obverse

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the front side of a coin.

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legend

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an inscription on a coin.

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retariffing

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changing the relative value of coin denominations within a currency.

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Fiduciary

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referring to currency that is based on a value assigned to it and therefore taken on trust rather than its intrinsic value as metal

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debasement

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reducing the purity of a coin denomination by diluting the principal metals with less valuable and or reducing coins weight.

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liturgy

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obligatory payment by magistrate or aristocrat for goods or services benefiting the public.

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