Daily life of the ancient Romans: economy, society, and leisure time in Grumentum
In the early years of its history, Grumentum must certainly have had a purely military function: located along a route of vital importance for the control of the region and trade between the Ionian and Tyrrhenian Magna Graecia colonies and the indigenous world of the interior, Grumentum had to bear the brunt of wars and devastation several times, from the struggles between the Romans and Lucanians for control of the region, to the Hannibal war, and the social wars.
The Roman Theatre of Grumentum
The Roman amphitheatre of Grumentum seen from above
The so-called Imperial Baths of Grumentum
Ivory pyx with a representation of a symposium scene
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