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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. List of oldest companies - Wikipedia

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    Roman Brewery: Belgium Brewery [275] [276] [277] 1546 Fubokaku: Japan Hotel [278] 1547 Kunitomo Kyutaro: Japan Gunpowder [254] 1548 Can Bonastre: Spain Wine [279] 1548 Yoshinogawa: Japan Sake [280] 1550 Konishi Sake Brewery Japan Sake [281] 1550 Riess: Austria Metalwork [282] 1550 Sasaiya: Japan Confectionery [283] 1550 Izeki: Japan Clothing ...

  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. Anglo-Saxon runes - Wikipedia

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    Several famous English examples mix runes and Roman script, or Old English and Latin, on the same object, including the Franks Casket and St Cuthbert's coffin; in the latter, three of the names of the Four Evangelists are given in Latin written in runes, but "LUKAS" is in Roman script. The coffin is also an example of an object created at the ...

  6. List of cities founded by the Romans - Wikipedia

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    It lists cities established and built by the ancient Romans to have begun as a colony, often for the settlement of citizens or veterans of the legions. Many Roman colonies in antiquity rose to become important commercial and cultural centers, transportation hubs and capitals of global empires.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. Titulus pictus - Wikipedia

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    A titulus pictus is an ancient Roman commercial inscription made on the surface of certain artefacts, [1] [2] [3] usually the neck of an amphora. [4] [5] [6] Typically, these inscriptions were made in red or black paint. [7] [8] The inscription specifies information such as origin, destination, type of product, [9] and owner.