Forum, Trade and Decuriones: Economy and Politics in the Two Cities

What this note covers

1. The forum as the civic and economic core
2. The agricultural base: wine, oil, garum and the villa economy
3. Manufacturing, retail and services inside the city
4. Money, credit and the written economic record
5. Herculaneum: a different economic footprint
6. Local government: the ordo, the duoviri and the aediles
7. Elections, patronage and public benefaction
8. How this topic is examined and what separates a top-band answer

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