The Fires of VesuviusPompeii is the most famous archaeological site in the world, visited by more than two million people each year. Yet it is also one of the most puzzling, with an intriguing and sometimes violent history, from the sixth century BCE to the present day. |
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... ( garum ) business . He was , in fact , the biggest garum dealer in town . To judge from the painted labels on garum jars found in the area , he and his associates and sub- sidiaries controlled almost a third of the local supply of this ...
... garum outlets that were still partly dependent on their old master . Other labels show that the Umbricii Scauri had other strings to their bow . One implies that they were also importing garum from Spain ( the Roman world's biggest mass ...
Mary Beard. ' The Garum shop of Pompeii ' , Cronache Pompeiane 5 ( 1979 ) , 5–23 ; and the trade more generally in ' In Defense of Garum ; ' , Classical Journal 78 ( 1983 ) , 232–40 . Chapter 6 The political life of Pompeii ( and the ...
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