Animal Husbandry

[Marco Almansa]

There is no record in the Empire of large farms or cattle pens of chickens and other domestic animals unfit for consumption. You have to think so for example, Latin sources tell us breeding stables, I think it is Pliny who appoints them. Similarly, it but can not remember the exact quote, and others, say that there are areas suitable for the breeding of cattle of various kinds. As such, Hispania is suitable for large animals, such as Gaul for draft animals in the field, and East to the other animals. While in Italy did exist grangas in publicus ager, field locations where there were cattle farms. The problem is that these farms are not preserved, since the only material that could be derived from their exploitation are the houses of animals, something that little or nothing has been found. Surely there are "companies" Roman exploitation linked to meat products, but the vast majority of meat consumption would be for the private sector for their own use. With butchers and markets that people buy private products. There is no record of, for example, that the imperial household had land that was exploded to bovine or cattle or fowls. The butchers, etc.. were actually family businesses, which in turn, had lands with cattle. Its production would be for retail, but always with a limited amount, not large quantities. What happened was that there were many butchers and therefore called for more territory to set up your farm. Ride it out because there was very profitable business for its high consumption insurance. But there is no evidence of large livestock production in Rome as it is today, except that it would take a lot of manpower and facilities with a high cost of bad investment in the short to medium term. I hope you used some help.