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Money, Markets, Service industries. Roman Coins. Pompeii. IX.9 6-7. Herculaneum. Market Days. CIL IV 8863 Day Markets Saturn Pompeii/ Nuceria Sun Atella /Nola / --Cumae--- Moon Cumae Mars Puteoli Mercury Rome Jove Capua Venus. Macellum.
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Pompeii • IX.9 6-7
Market Days • CIL IV 8863 • Day Markets • Saturn Pompeii/Nuceria • Sun Atella/Nola/ --Cumae--- • Moon Cumae • Mars Puteoli • Mercury Rome • Jove Capua • Venus
Pompeii prices ( 6 or 7 sesterces per day) CIL IV 4888 Bread 6 asses ( annual income 2500 s.) Cabbage 2 Beetroot 1 Mustard 1 Mint 1 Salt 1
Bar of Lucius Vetutius Placidius • 1600 coins ( 585 sesterces)
Over here!/No it’s mine!/Whoever wants it should take it. Oceanus come over here and drink! (Bar of Salvius)
Graffitti • I hope you get punished for your lies, innkeeper, you sell water and you drink the pure wine yourself • CIL IV 3948
Imports (terra sigillata) (90 packed and unused bowls andlamps from Gaul
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)