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Five - Control (Flow): Warehouses in the Ports of Ostia and Portus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2020

Astrid Van Oyen
Astrid Van Oyen
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Cornell University, New York
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A study of warehouse plans at Ostia and Portus in Chapter 5 finds a spectrum of storage, with Ostia catering for products of various kinds and qualities, and Portus geared towards the turnover of bulk commodities. This chapter replaces a much-rehearsed opposition between private and public agencies in the supply of the city of Rome with a model of different temporal registers: a shorter-term one of rapid gain and profit with minimal risk, and a longer-term one that could amount either to speculation or to patronage.

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The Socio-Economics of Roman Storage
Agriculture, Trade, and Family
 , pp. 122 - 157
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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