11-18-2003, 01:45 PM
Anaten, I think that the Basque country was totally romanised but most part of it was very poor. The result was many people living like during the Iron Age. IMHO we should speak more of 'poor' and 'rich' areas than of 'romanised' and 'scarcely romanised' areas.<br>
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Rich, the fact is that clay lamps fragments only appear here in cities or medium sized villages. The clue is not as much the cheapness of the lamp as that it will be completely useless if you don't fill it regularly with olive oil!<br>
You can even think of it in terms of modern marketing: telephon compnies sell fashionable mobile phones at reduced prices to catch clients for their main trading stuff: phone calls.<br>
Maybe Roman oil dealers sold lamps to the people (the last cry in Roman way of life! ) expecting to widen their market.<br>
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Rich, the fact is that clay lamps fragments only appear here in cities or medium sized villages. The clue is not as much the cheapness of the lamp as that it will be completely useless if you don't fill it regularly with olive oil!<br>
You can even think of it in terms of modern marketing: telephon compnies sell fashionable mobile phones at reduced prices to catch clients for their main trading stuff: phone calls.<br>
Maybe Roman oil dealers sold lamps to the people (the last cry in Roman way of life! ) expecting to widen their market.<br>
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Aitor <p></p><i></i>
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