The Common People of Ancient Rome eBook

Frank Frost Abbott
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 203 pages of information about The Common People of Ancient Rome.

The Common People of Ancient Rome eBook

Frank Frost Abbott
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 203 pages of information about The Common People of Ancient Rome.

    XVI

8a Sewing-needle, finest quality 1.7 cents 9 Sewing-needle, second quality .9 cent

    XVII

 1 Transportation, 1 person, 1 mile .9 cent
 2 Rent for wagon, 1 mile 5 cents
 3 Freight charges for wagon containing up to 1,200 pounds, per
     mile 8.7 "
 4 Freight charges for camel load of 600 pounds,
     per mile 3.5 "
 5 Rent for laden ass, per mile 1.8 "
 7 Hay and straw, 3 pounds .9 cent

    XVIII

1a Goose-quills, per pound                                     43.5 cents
11a Ink, per pound                                               5     "
12  Reed pens from Paphos (10)                                   1.7   "
13  Reed pens, second quality (20)                               1.7   "

    XIX

1  Military mantle, finest quality                         $17.40
2  Undergarment, fine                                       $8.70
3  Undergarment, ordinary                                   $5.44
5 White bed blanket, finest sort, 12 pounds weight          $6.96
7 Ordinary cover, 10 pounds weight                          $2.18
28 Laodicean Dalmatica [i.e., a tunic with sleeves]        $8.70
36 British mantle, with cowl                                $26.08
39 Numidian mantle, with cowl                               $13.04
42 African mantle, with cowl                                 $6.52
51 Laodicean storm coat, finest quality                     $21.76
60 Gallic soldier’s cloak                                   $43.78
61 African soldier’s cloak                                   $2.17

    XX

 1a For an embroiderer, for embroidering a half-silk
      undergarment, per ounce 87 cents
 5 For a gold embroiderer, if he work in gold, for finest
      work, per ounce $4.35
 9 For a silk weaver, who works on stuff half-silk, besides
      “keep,” per day 11 cents

    XXI

2 For working Tarentine or Laodicean or other foreign wool,
with keep, per pound                                       13   cents
5 A linen weaver for fine work, with keep, per day             18     "

    XXII

4 Fuller’s charges for a cloak or mantle, new                  13   cents
6 Fuller’s charges for a woman’s coarse Dalmatica, new         21.7   "
9 Fuller’s charges for a new half-silk undergarment            76     "
22 Fuller’s charges for a new Laodicean mantle.                 76     "

    XXIII

 1 White silk, per pound $52.22

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