A macellum is a market in Roman times. He presented himself as a confined space with a single entry, and included a number of locations, with stalls stone for present goods.

Its existence favored urban life by organizing trade: often, the available macellum of measurement standards , which was found engraved in the stone (length measurements).

Market in Leptis Magna, central columns of shrines

List of remains of antique markets

• Rome:
  • Markets of Trajan exceptional set, built on several levels
  • Macellum Liviae of Augustus
• to Thuburbo Majus in Tunisia
• at Leptis Magna in Libya , conserved over its entire surface
• to Cuicul ( Djemila ) in Algeria
• Macellum at Pompeii
• Macellum to Puteoli
• Macellum at Ephesus
• Macellum to Ampurias
• Macellum to Baelo Claudia

See also

Internal Links

• Roman economy

Bibliography

• Claire de Ruyter: Macellum. Roman food market. Louvain-La-Neuve 1983.

• Ancient Rome portal

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