Market Regulation and Intervention in the Urban Food Supply

Holleran, Claire

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“…As the Roman Empire expanded, huge amounts of food were needed to supply the soldiers, and urban residents with little or no production of their own crops depended on large amounts of imported food supplies. This situation meant not only more intensive agriculture in rural areas, but also an increasing importance of markets and large-scale trade throughout the Mediterranean, with the frequent arrival at Roman ports of cargoes from the islands of Sicily and Sardinia, North Africa and Egypt [ 161 , 187 , 188 ].…”

Section: Animal–human–environment Interaction In the Daily Life At Pompeii And Herculaneummentioning

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Transmission of Zoonotic Diseases in the Daily Life of Ancient Pompeii and Herculaneum (79 CE, Italy): A Review of Animal–Human–Environment Interactions through Biological, Historical and Archaeological Sources

Tanga

Remigio²,

Viciano

2022

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There is no doubt that the cultural and urban environments contributed to the animal–human interaction in the daily life of the ancient Roman world. The singularity of the circumstances of the burial of Pompeii and Herculaneum, together with literary sources and the extraordinary state of preservation of the archaeological and biological material found, has provided researchers with an opportunity, unique in its kind, to reconstruct the life and ways of living of its inhabitants. This study illustrates the main drivers and mechanisms for the distribution and transmission of zoonotic diseases in these ancient Roman populations, such as (i) the large number and role that different animal species played in the ancient Roman world; (ii) the environmental conditions for the survival of parasites, pathogens and vectors; (iii) the great variety and intensity of commercial activities and occupations that presented certain risks of infections; (iv) the absence of adequate safety controls during processing, distribution and preservation of foodstuffs in unsuitable environments and some culinary habits; (v) the inadequate mechanisms of the disposal of human waste and the biotic contamination of watercourses and reservoirs; and finally (vi) the use of animals related to religious and cultural practices.

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Transmission of Zoonotic Diseases in the Daily Life of Ancient Pompeii and Herculaneum (79 CE, Italy): A Review of Animal–Human–Environment Interactions through Biological, Historical and Archaeological Sources

Tanga

Remigio²,

Viciano

2022

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Logistics and Crises: Understanding Roman Military Logistics and Procedures from the Unit Level and Upwards in 2^ndto 4^thCenturies CE Egypt Using the Surviving ‘Paperwork’

Olshanetsky

2024

Klio

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Summary The current article wishes to focus on receipts and reports from Roman Egypt in order to reconstruct the bureaucratic procedures in this region or, more precisely, the bureaucratic procedures of the Roman military logistical system, from the unit level and upwards. This examination will aid in understanding the complexity of the Roman system and the Roman mindset, while highlighting how the lack of modern technology was overcome to maintain a highly organised and vast Empire. This will strengthen and support the assumption that an office organising military supply and their records most probably existed at multiple levels; the nome, the province and Empire. Moreover, the article inspects whether the logistical system endured the many crises of the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE. As there was no significant change during or after these events, this may indicate the resilience of the Roman system. It could also suggest that some of these crises were not deemed as such by the Romans, and/or that the military structure, especially its logistical-bureaucratic side, was not blamed for these military disasters.

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Market Regulation and Intervention in the Urban Food Supply

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Transmission of Zoonotic Diseases in the Daily Life of Ancient Pompeii and Herculaneum (79 CE, Italy): A Review of Animal–Human–Environment Interactions through Biological, Historical and Archaeological Sources

Transmission of Zoonotic Diseases in the Daily Life of Ancient Pompeii and Herculaneum (79 CE, Italy): A Review of Animal–Human–Environment Interactions through Biological, Historical and Archaeological Sources

Logistics and Crises: Understanding Roman Military Logistics and Procedures from the Unit Level and Upwards in 2^ndto 4^thCenturies CE Egypt Using the Surviving ‘Paperwork’

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Transmission of Zoonotic Diseases in the Daily Life of Ancient Pompeii and Herculaneum (79 CE, Italy): A Review of Animal–Human–Environment Interactions through Biological, Historical and Archaeological Sources

Transmission of Zoonotic Diseases in the Daily Life of Ancient Pompeii and Herculaneum (79 CE, Italy): A Review of Animal–Human–Environment Interactions through Biological, Historical and Archaeological Sources

Logistics and Crises: Understanding Roman Military Logistics and Procedures from the Unit Level and Upwards in 2ndto 4thCenturies CE Egypt Using the Surviving ‘Paperwork’

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Logistics and Crises: Understanding Roman Military Logistics and Procedures from the Unit Level and Upwards in 2^ndto 4^thCenturies CE Egypt Using the Surviving ‘Paperwork’