01-21-2011, 09:52 AM
Ave Epictetus,
That is very interesting and made me wonder if the eight-day market cycle was something that pertained only to Rome, the city, and not the other cities and villages throughout the Empire.
I have found, in my research, that when one thing is found to exist in Constantinople, then it is implied that it is an Empire wide practice, which I later found out is not the case (Diocletians price caps is one, I read somewhere (and I can't find it now) that all the items on Diocletian's list are items that can be found in the Eastern half of the Empire but some of them are not to be found in the west. The assumption is then, that Diocletian's list was not Empire wide.)
Thanks for the response. Good food for thought.
Tom
That is very interesting and made me wonder if the eight-day market cycle was something that pertained only to Rome, the city, and not the other cities and villages throughout the Empire.
I have found, in my research, that when one thing is found to exist in Constantinople, then it is implied that it is an Empire wide practice, which I later found out is not the case (Diocletians price caps is one, I read somewhere (and I can't find it now) that all the items on Diocletian's list are items that can be found in the Eastern half of the Empire but some of them are not to be found in the west. The assumption is then, that Diocletian's list was not Empire wide.)
Thanks for the response. Good food for thought.
Tom
AKA Tom Chelmowski
Historiae Eruditere (if that is proper Latin)
Historiae Eruditere (if that is proper Latin)
