economy

Question 1

fish scales under macellum

Answer 1

found in underground channel linked with the sewers, probably where fishmongers cleaned, filleted and sold their fish, evidence of significant marine industry

Question 2

balance found in forum

Answer 2

goods were still in place, emphasising the forum as a place of commerce

Question 3

81 loaves found in pistrinum

Answer 3

81 loaves of bread found in an oven in the pistrinum highlight its centrality in life, and the importance of bakeries

Question 4

30 bakeries

Answer 4

Around 30 bakeries were found with brick ovens and lava stone mills

Question 5

Pistrinum

Answer 5

Pistrinum had 4 millstones, a large oven, storage rooms and traces of animal-driven milling

Question 6

S.batulcus felix

Answer 6

Baker Sextus Batulcus Felix appears to have specialised in cakes, as 25 bronze baking pans of various sizes were discovered

Question 7

sea creature remains in herculaneum

Answer 7

Sea creature remains and fossils that included 70 fish, 48 molluscs were discovered in the sewers of Herculaneum

Question 8

marine mosaic

Answer 8

Marine mosaic found in the House of the Faun depicts a wide variety of available sea life, including lobster, red mullet, octopus and electric eels

Question 9

Large commercial vineyards

Answer 9

notably near the Pompeian amphitheatre and in the Villa of Pisanella

Question 10

“Come to the Sign of the Bowls”

Answer 10

A sign on a Herculaneum wine bar invites patrons, advertising half a dozen types of wine, showing a variation in wine and the importance of the wine industry

Question 11

villa of pisanella

Answer 11

The Villa of Pisanella kept enough storage jars for 5910 litres of oil, the same estates that produced wine also produced oil