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Market day
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Ave Civitas,

I have been wondering about market days in the empire.
I believe market days were eight days apart. I am also pretty sure I read somewhere (not that I will ever find that again) that the market day in one city was not always the market day in another city.
I would think that the set market day in one city would effect the suburbs and near-by towns too, that they may not want to host a market day on the same day that the larger city did and risk diluting their chances of sales.
Am I right in making this assumption? I know this is pretty minor in "Life among the Romans" but I can't make the idea go away. Of course, there might have been some coordination made where near-by towns would collect in the larger city's market and try not to compete?
Any ideas?
AKA Tom Chelmowski

Historiae Eruditere (if that is proper Latin)
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