AR331 Lecture 3: Roman Production and Trade
23 Jan 2017
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Reciprocity: giving goods in order to receive goods from another party. Redistribution: centralized economies (small or large scale) Market exchange: buying and selling; monetary exchange. Some roman items travel out from the empire, some further than others, While other foreign objects travel into the empire. Amphora stamp distribution: distribution of amphorae with the stamp of sestius, probably produced near cosa. Trade patterns: distribution and fall-off: roman pottery from oxford, along the thames river, two different distribution patterns of pottery. Sites easily accessible by water have less oxford pottery. Sites not easily accessible by water have more oxford pottery. Samian ware from london in the rom: made in the south of gaul. Bignor: samian ware: able to create different trends in the data by showing reigns of emperors opposed to calendar year terms. Nabataean kingdom: 4th century bc: diodorus siculus presents a view of the nabataeans based on 4th century bc. They are largely still nomadic, herding people.
