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2. Cura annonae - Wikipedia

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   Cura annonae. In Imperial Rome, Cura Annonae ("care of Annona") was the import and distribution of grain to the residents of the cities of Rome and, after its foundation, Constantinople. The term was used in honour of the goddess Annona. The city of Rome imported all the grain consumed by its population, estimated to number 1,000,000 by the 2nd ...

3. Ships of ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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   Ships of ancient Rome. Ancient Rome had a variety of ships that played crucial roles in its military, trade, and transportation activities. [1] Rome was preceded in the use of the sea by other ancient, seafaring civilizations of the Mediterranean. The galley was a long, narrow, highly maneuverable ship powered by oarsmen, sometimes stacked in ...

4. Social class in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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   A painting of Lucretia, the ideal Roman woman from the Roman tale, The Death of Lucretia. Women. Free-born women in ancient Rome were citizens , but could not vote or hold political office. Women were under exclusive control of their pater familias, which was either their father, husband, or sometimes their eldest brother.

5. Ancient Rome and wine - Wikipedia

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   Ancient Rome and wine. A Roman statue of Bacchus, god of wine (c. 150 AD, copied from a Hellenistic original, Prado Museum, Madrid ). Ancient Rome played a pivotal role in the history of wine. The earliest influences on the viticulture of the Italian peninsula can be traced to ancient Greeks and the Etruscans.

6. Cursus publicus - Wikipedia

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   Cursus publicus shown in the Tabula Peutingeriana Main roads in the Roman Empire under Hadrian (ruled 117–138). The cursus publicus (Latin: "the public way"; Ancient Greek: δημόσιος δρόμος, dēmósios drómos) was the state mandated and supervised courier and transportation service of the Roman Empire, whose use continued into the Eastern Roman Empire.

7. 7 Free Shipping Options That Are Good For Customers and ... - AOL

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   Online retailing is big business these days, with the top 500 Internet retailers growing by an average of 18% in 2011. E-commerce currently makes up about 8% of all retail sales, and that number ...