Por Stephen L. Dyson (John Hopkins University Press, 1992). Hmm, casi todas mis lecturas sobre la antigüedad clásica son de principios de los ’90, necesito ponerme al día.
Pero, bueno, a la tarea. Las citas que nos interesa mantener en mente:
‘Free elections, with their complex political and social dynamics, continued at Pompeii long after they had ceased at Rome’ (2) y ‘It even [Rome] lacked public baths and theaters, facilities that could be found in many smaller towns in Italy‘ (51), hablando alrededor del 100 AC. (A proposito de las ventajas de Roma para las elites locales)
‘Ambitious slaves and freedman found manifold opportunities in the developing market economy, as all regiones of Roman Italy entered into a ancient version of the consumer society’ (46) ‘Certainly the Roman elite become increasingly addicted to a range of luxury items, but consumer goods circulated to all levels of Roman society‘ (47). Los bienes de consumo a los que se refiere: Black-gazed pottery, lamps, Pompeian First Style wall painting. (A propósito de la sociedad de consumo y como siempre que se estudian las cosas de cerca, los antiguos aparecen sorprendentemente ‘consumistas’ y ‘comercializados’
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