id
	13336
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/13336
Resource template
	Book Section
Resource class
	bibo:BookSection
Title
	Working Together: Clusters of Artisans in the Roman City
Creator
	Goodman, Penelope
Publisher
	Oxford University Press
Date
	2016
Language
	eng
Abstract
	This chapter discusses the spatial clustering of crafts in Roman cities. It starts from two modern examples of urban economic clustering, and then goes on to analyse three cases of clustering that are identifiable in the archaeological record, discussing evidence from Pompeii, Timgad, and Silchester, before assessing the evidence for clustering in texts. The chapter argues that clustering was a common phenomenon in Roman cities, and that work on contemporary clustering suggests this was essentially due to landlords—the elite— allowing the market to do its work, as this served their social and economic interests.
Is Part Of
	Urban Craftsmen and Traders in the Roman World
Editor
	Wilson, Andrew
	Flohr, Miko
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198748489.003.0014
Isbn
	978-0-19-874848-9
Pages
	301-333
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/Q88B9WEH/item-list

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