"Shipwrecks and Sunken Stone: The Roman Empire's Economic Centralizatio" by Amalie Fried
 

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Publication Date

2025

Document Type

Poster

Degree Type

Undergraduate

Department

History

Mentor

Dr. Kathryn Jasper

Mentor Department

History

Abstract

Emperor Diocletian formed a fixed-rate economy in the year 301 CE. Using the Edict of Maximum Prices, which tells general prices around the year 300 CE, I have mapped the Roman marble quarry sites. Mapping these dig sites and knowing the estimated price value associated with different marbles raises a question of cultural significance and the use of marble. To navigate this, we are studying the significance of different marbles in the British frontier of the Roman Empire by focusing on the use and reuse of marble in villas.

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