CLST 103 Study Guide - Final Guide: Periplus Of The Erythraean Sea, Monte Testaccio, Terra Sigillata
4 Apr 2017
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Legally slaves had no families, no state, and no rights. Dionysus cults: alternative way of life o o. Lares = household gods that everyone in the house praises together. It wasn"t until claudius and major improvement of trajan that it was used. Hill of discarded amphorae = monte testaccio. Latin word for market hall = macellum. Which nation didn"t use coined money: dalmatian o. They redistributed land instead of money, strabo says it was barbarian. Negotiatores = entrepreneurs: olearius = oil, uinarius = wine. Can be more profitable to have your own farm and sell surplus. Trade: how did aristocrats view trade: saw it as dangerous, and didn"t want to do it themselves; small scale trade is vulgar and large scale trade is less despised. Dangerous because cargo often lost in shipwrecks (averaging 100 known each century. Amphorae pointed at the bottom: to be more space efficient when stacked in cargo. Besides garum, other commonly imported goods o: massic wine.
