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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. 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.

  5. Roman commerce - Wikipedia

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    Roman commerce. A Roman fresco from Pompeii, 1st century AD, depicting a Maenad in silk dress, Naples National Archaeological Museum; silks came from the Han dynasty of China along the Silk Road, a valuable trade commodity in the Roman empire, whereas Roman glasswares made their way to Han China via land and sea. [1]

  6. History of the Roman Empire - Wikipedia

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    The empire in the east—known today as the Byzantine Empire, but referred to in its time as the "Roman Empire" or by various other names—ended in 1453 with the death of Constantine XI and the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks.

  7. 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.

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