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  2. Roman commerce - Wikipedia

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    The Roman Market Economy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013. Tomber, R. Indo-Roman Trade: From Pots to Pepper. London: Duckworth, 2008. Vrba, Eric Michael. Ancient German Identity In the Shadow of the Roman Empire: The Impact of Roman Trade and Contact Along the Middle Danube Frontier, 10 BC - AD 166. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2008.

  3. Category:Industry in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Ancient Roman pottery (3 C, 29 P) F. ... Pages in category "Industry in ancient Rome" The following 8 pages are in this ...

  4. Roman economy - Wikipedia

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    In ancient Rome businesses advertised themselves primarily through word of mouth, the usage of the trade sign, and through black or red writings inscribed on surfaces. [101] They were displayed as frescoes or mosaics. Masters would task their slaves with inscribing advertisements onto the walls of ancient Roman settlements. [102] In ancient ...

  5. Merchant's mark - Wikipedia

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    One such symbol combined the mystical "Sign of Four" with the merchant's name or initials. The "Sign of Four" [ 9 ] was an outgrowth of an ancient symbol adopted by the Romans and by Christianity, Chi Rho (XP), standing for the first two letters of Christus in Greek letters; this was simplified to a reversed "4" in medieval times.

  6. Aquila (Roman) - Wikipedia

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    Roman ornament with an aquila (100–200 AD) from the Cleveland Museum of Art A modern reconstruction of an aquila. An aquila (Classical Latin: [ˈakᶣɪla]; lit. ' eagle ') was a prominent symbol used in ancient Rome, especially as the standard of a Roman legion. A legionary known as an aquilifer, the "eagle-bearer", carried this standard.

  7. Glossary of ancient Roman culture - Wikipedia

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    Form of brickwork used in ancient Roman architecture. It consists of diamond-shaped bricks of tuff, referred to as cubilia, placed around a core of opus caementicium. Opus sectile Art technique popularized in the ancient and medieval Roman world where materials were cut and inlaid into walls and floors to make a picture or pattern.

  8. Ancient Symbols (Unicode block) - Wikipedia

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    Perry, David J. (2006-07-30), Proposal to Add Ancient Roman Weights and Monetary Signs to UCS N3138 Perry, David J. (2006-07-30), Proposal to Add Ancient Roman Weights and Monetary Signs to UCS

  9. Banking in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    In ancient Rome there were a variety of officials tasked with banking. These were the argentarii, mensarii, coactores, and nummulari.The argentarii were money changers.The role of the mensarii was to help people through economic hardships, the coactores were hired to collect money and give it to their employer, and the nummulari minted and tested currency.