https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/06/discovery-of-pompeii-slaves-room-sheds-rare-light-on-real-roman-life
Quote from: Duncan Head on November 06, 2021, 04:33:53 PM
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/06/discovery-of-pompeii-slaves-room-sheds-rare-light-on-real-roman-life
looks a bit like the sort of room young farm workers 'living in' before the war would expect, same sort of housing density
Essentially 'Barracks' style accommodation for farm workers. Still in play for workers coming to pick soft fruit here.
Quote from: DougM on November 06, 2021, 10:26:11 PM
Essentially 'Barracks' style accommodation for farm workers. Still in play for workers coming to pick soft fruit here.
I suspect that then, as now, it would be driven by margins. From what we can see from the Roman period, to be a rich as a landowner you needed an awful lot of it.
agreed. they are a 'commodity' themselves
a bit more info here
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/arte/2021/11/05/a-pompei-riemerge-intatta-la-stanza-degli-schiavi-_e51cfbf9-e839-4c4e-86ce-bcd2b7e429a6.html?fbclid=IwAR1JdJmTrJWsMBXK1QEjK_EgfcMh8VEEGOUadA12k5gOrPtDKFOG3Iq5V0w