Occupations Flashcards

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Potter

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(10)
Designed and made crockery.
Cast pots on wheels.
Baked them in kilns over wood fires.

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Shopkeeper

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(11)
Poorer people/ slaves would assist people in shops.
Would rent their shop from a wealthy domus-owner or a space in the forum.

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Fullers

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(12)
Wash, dye and make clothes.
To wash clothes, they are trampled in water and soda or urine.

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Carpenter

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(9)
Made furniture/ worked in the building trade.
Used many similar tools to Carpenters today.

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Baker

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(8)
Sold produce to the public over a counter.
Used wood burning ovens.
Used mill stones made from porous lava stone.

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Butcher

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(7)
Meat was sold at a market called the forum boarium.
From there it was sold to the public.

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Craftsman

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(6)
Worked in workshops at the back of houses.
Sold their products in the shops at the front.
Others sold their goods at wholesale markets.

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Metalworker

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(5)
Tools, weapons and household goods- bronze, iron and copper.
Brooches, rings and ornaments- gold, silver and jewels.

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Slave Dealer

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(4)
Slaves were sold at auction.
Slaves stood on a platform with signs.

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Architect

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(3)
Could be hired by the state or by wealthy individuals to design monuments etc.
Then slaves would be hired to build the design.

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Banker

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(2)
Lent money to merchants and traders.
If their clients couldn’t pay their debts, their property would be confiscated.

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Doctor

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(1)
Well educated.
Rich Romans had personal physicians that would visit them at home.
Everyone else visited doctors at hospitals or offices at no charge.

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Libarii

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Street Pedlars

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Occupations of the Rich

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The rich did not respect physical work.
As well as a day job, they would also be involved in politics.
It was fashionable to be pale because it proved you didn’t have to work outside for a living.

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Occupations of the Middle Classes

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The middle class held most of the more respectable jobs, including bakers and silversmiths.

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Occupations of the Poor

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The poor earned their livings from unskilled, poorly paid work.
Often did many of the same jobs as slaves.
Often worked from dawn until lunchtime.
There was a maximum of 8 working hours a day.

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Occupations of slaves

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Did many of the same jobs as poor freedmen.
In the country: worked as farm labourers, miners, shepherds.
In the cities: cooks, gardeners, labourers, musicians, secretaries etc.
Slaves were mostly well cared for, as it was senseless for masters to damage what was essentially their property.