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Masters would task their slaves with inscribing advertisements onto the walls of ancient Roman settlements. [102] In ancient Rome, graffiti was the equivalent of billboards. [103] Goods and products in ancient Rome may have carried inscriptions which were used to advertise other goods and services.
Principal Roman trade routes, internal and external in 180 AD. The Forum Cuppedinis in ancient Rome was a market which offered general goods. At least four other large markets specialized in specific goods such as cattle, wine, fish and herbs and vegetables, but the Roman Forum drew the bulk of the traffic.
Ancient port cities such as Alexandria, Rome and Athens served as important centers for the trade in art and other goods. Middle Ages (ca. 500 AD – 1500 AD): During the Middle Ages, the trade in antiquities became less important as European society was characterized by political instability, cultural change and economic difficulties. Many ...
Cursus publicus shown in the Tabula Peutingeriana Main roads in the Roman Empire under Hadrian (ruled 117–138). The cursus publicus (Latin: "the public way"; Ancient Greek: δημόσιος δρόμος, dēmósios drómos) was the state mandated and supervised courier and transportation service of the Roman Empire, [1] [2] the use of which continued into the Eastern Roman Empire and the ...
The Temple of Saturn, a religious monument that housed the treasury in ancient Rome. Ancient Roman tax systems were regressive, they applied a heavier tax burden on lower income levels and reduced taxation on wealthier social classes. [23] In ancient Rome, taxation was primarily levied upon the provincial population who lived outside of Italy.
In ancient Greece, markets operated within the agora, an open space where goods were displayed on mats or temporary stalls on market days. [6] In ancient Rome, trade took place in the forum. [7] Rome had two forums: the Forum Romanum and Trajan's Forum. The latter was a vast expanse, comprising multiple buildings with shops on four levels. [8]
The goods from the East African trade were landed at one of the three main Roman ports, Arsing, Berenice, and Moos Hormones, which rose to prominence during the 1st century BCE. [8] [9] Hanger controlled the Incense trade routes across Arabia to the Mediterranean and exercised control over the trading of aromatics to Babylon in the 1st century ...
The archaeology of trade and exchange is a sub-discipline of archaeology that identifies how material goods and ideas moved across human populations. The terms “trade” and “exchange” have slightly different connotations: trade focuses on the long-distance circulation of material goods; exchange considers the transfer of persons and ideas.