Economy Money And Technology

Question 1

Tabernarii

Answer 1

shopkeeper

Question 2

Argentarii

Answer 2

money guarantors or changers.

Question 3

Mercatori

Answer 3

merchants

Question 4

Negatiatores

Answer 4

businessmen

Question 5

Navicularii

Answer 5

operators of commercial boats

Question 6

Madrague de Gien

Answer 6

site of well preserved shipwreck found in the 1970s off the coast of southern France.

Question 7

Ventotene

Answer 7

site of series of 5 wrecks found in 2009 off the coast of an island in the bay if Naples.

Question 8

La Granfesenque, France

Answer 8

a massive production center for Terra sigillata, begun under the reign of augustus.

Question 9

Naples, Italy

Answer 9

site of several commercial ships found in the silted in port area, along with thousands of ceramic vessels

Question 10

The Magdalensberg, Austria

Answer 10

Roman center for the production and distribution of steel artifacts.

Question 11

Rio Tinto, Spain

Answer 11

site of series of Roman silver, lead, and copper mines.

Question 12

Las Medulas, Spain and Dolaucothi, Wales

Answer 12

sites of Imperial gold mines.

Question 13

Monte Testaccio, Rome

Answer 13

site of massive dump of oil amphoras

Question 14

Chemtou, Tunisia

Answer 14

site of Roman marble quarries with sophisticated horizontal turbines for miling

Question 15

Hierapolis, Asia Minor

Answer 15

site preserving evidence of a water powered sawmill for cutting stone

Question 16

Barbegal, France

Answer 16

site of double chain of sixteen aqueduct powered grain mills.

Question 17

Reciprocal exchange

Answer 17

a type of non commercial exchange of goods and services between individuals. has a stronger social than commercial connotation.

Question 18

The market

Answer 18

a type of commercial exchange in which prices are established according to supply and demand.

Question 19

Redistribution

Answer 19

a type of non commercial exchange where a central authority gathers together resources and apportion them based on social or political standing.

Question 20

Samian Ware

Answer 20

Terra sigillata made in Gaul

Question 21

Arretine Ware

Answer 21

Terra sigillata made in the Italian workshops in and around the town of Arezzo

Question 22

Terra Sigillata

Answer 22

a general term for ancient Roman red slipware, meaning stamped because of the mold decorations or makers mark impressed on many Roman vessels.

Question 23

Taberna

Answer 23

a small shop or office occupying building frontage along a street or Plaza. sometimes with a built in counter.

Question 24

Horrea

Answer 24

warehouse

Question 25

Saqqiya

Answer 25

an ancient device used to lift water using a chain of buckets or pots attached to a wheel

Question 26

Dressel

Answer 26

a German scholar. amphora are recorded according to their type based on his research.

Question 27

Garum

Answer 27

a fermented fish sauce, mass produced and popular across the Roman world

Question 28

Oppidum

Answer 28

a small town

Question 29

Revetment

Answer 29

thin cuts slabs of marble used as decorative paneling on interior walls

Question 30

in kind

Answer 30

a manner of payment in some form other than money.

Question 31

hushing

Answer 31

erosive strip mining effected by release of massive volumes of water down a slope.

Question 32

slag

Answer 32

the molten by product of metal smelting

Question 33

Cupellation

Answer 33

the process of separating gold or silver from base metals such as lead or copper

Question 34

Slip

Answer 34

diluted clay applied to a vessel to impart a glossy finish.

Question 35

Exergue

Answer 35

lowest zone of a coin face.

Question 36

Obverse

Answer 36

the front side of a coin.

Question 37

legend

Answer 37

an inscription on a coin.

Question 38

retariffing

Answer 38

changing the relative value of coin denominations within a currency.

Question 39

Fiduciary

Answer 39

referring to currency that is based on a value assigned to it and therefore taken on trust rather than its intrinsic value as metal

Question 40

debasement

Answer 40

reducing the purity of a coin denomination by diluting the principal metals with less valuable and or reducing coins weight.

Question 41

liturgy

Answer 41

obligatory payment by magistrate or aristocrat for goods or services benefiting the public.