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Economy of Pompeii

Economy of Pompeii. Work?. Atrium (VII.1.46). Types of Economic Activity. AGRICULTURE,Craft and Commerce, Shops and Markets, Bars and Inns. Evidence. Preserved buildings and their contents Inscriptions Images Ancient Literary sources Analogies with later societies. Port.

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Economy of Pompeii

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  1. Economy of Pompeii

  2. Work?

  3. Atrium (VII.1.46)

  4. Types of Economic Activity AGRICULTURE,Craft and Commerce, Shops and Markets, Bars and Inns

  5. Evidence • Preserved buildings and their contents • Inscriptions • Images • Ancient Literary sources • Analogies with later societies

  6. Port • Nola, Nuceria and Acherrae have as their port Pompeii on the River Sarno, which transports goods in both directions. (Strabo, Geography 5.4.8) River or Sea?

  7. North of Marine Gate (Mooring blocks for ships???)

  8. Fertility of Campania • Of everything, not just in Italy, but in the whole world, the region of Campania is the most beautiful. Nothing more temperate than its climate: indeed, its spring flowers blossom twice. Nothing is more fertile than its land: consequently there is said to be a competition between Liber and Ceres. • (Florus, Epitome 1.16)

  9. Farming • 140+ villas

  10. Missing evidence- grain cultivation on small farms/

  11. Vesuvius

  12. Wine • For around Vesuvius is the Murgentine vine, a very strong species from Sicily which some call Pompeian, productive only in fertile soil, like the Horconian variety, which is grown only in Campania. (Pliny the Elder, Natural History, 14.35)

  13. Villa Pisanella (Boscoreale) (1876-99) 130x 82 ft.

  14. Boscoreale ( Villa Pisanella) • 72 +Dolia (12 for other uses) • Cellavinaria • Fermentation=9 days to many years.

  15. Paintings

  16. Boscoreale Treasure • 108 silver vessels and 1,037 gold coins

  17. 62 acres /24,000 gallons

  18. Villa Regina at Boscoreale (1978-80)

  19. 2.5-5 acres/2,600 gallons

  20. 80 species of plants(olive,almond, fig, apricot, cherry, walnut)

  21. Villa of the Mysteries

  22. Villa of the Mysteries

  23. Villa of the Mysteries

  24. Wine Press

  25. Torcularium

  26. Amphorae • Spain, Italy, Gaul, Switzerland, Germany, England, Tunisia (Holconii/Eumachii)

  27. Olive oil

  28. Wilhemina Jashemsky • 10% of town=cultivation

  29. Agriculture Within the town Reg. II.5 ( Forum Boarium?) 2,014 vine root cavities/ 58 trees/ wine press Triclinia

  30. Flowers (Regions I and II)Orchard ( Region I)

  31. House of the Ship Europa, (I.15.3)Market Garden • 90x 180 ft. • Vines, • Fruit and nut trees

  32. Kitchen garden

  33. House of the Sarno Lararium • Onions

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