CLST 101 Lecture Notes - Market (Place), Roman Calendar, Garum
22 Jun 2013
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Paterfamilias head of the household: had to take care of the estates, property, and keep the family property. Fides credit-worthiness: needed to own a property. Dignitas sumptuosa costly states: needed to have a certain status to have banquets and events at a lavish house, had to have money and hand outs to give to clients. Market places were announced on a slab of in scripted marble. Markets were held in different places on the same day, so all markets could have the opportunity to have good business. New markets had to ask the senate for permission to open. Sometimes emperors would give a section of their land for markets. The dalmatians redistributed land every seven years and they did not use coins. Romans used coins way more often than other communities. The prices varied from community to community, especially of wine, oil and grain. Argentarii bankers: were private citizens, no structure like the modern day banks.
