This volume presents fourteen papers by Roman archaeologists and
historians discussing approaches to the economic history of
Pompeii, and the role of the Pompeian evidence in debates about the
Roman economy. Four themes are discussed. The first of these is the
position of Pompeii and its agricultural environment, discussing
the productivity and specialization of agriculture in the Vesuvian
region, and the degree to which we can explain Pompeii's size and
wealth on the basis of the city's economic hinterland. A second
issue discussed is what Pompeians got out of their economy: how
well-off were people in Pompeii? This involves discussing the
consumption of everyday consumer goods, analyzing archaeobotanical
remains to highlight the quality of Pompeian diets, and discussing
what bone remains reveal about the health of the inhabitants of
Pompeii. A third theme is economic life in the city: how are we to
understand the evidence for crafts and manufacturing? How are we to
assess Pompeii's commercial topography? Who were the people who
actually invested in constructing shops and workshops? In which
economic contexts were Pompeian paintings produced? Finally, the
volume discusses money and business: how integrated was Pompeii
into the wider world of commerce and exchange, and what can the
many coins found at Pompeii tell us about this? What do the wax
tablets found near Pompeii tell us about trade in the Bay of Naples
in the first century AD? Together, the chapters of this volume
highlight how Pompeii became a very rich community, and how it
profited from its position in the centre of the Roman world.
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