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Umbricia Fortunata

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147:, has identified a fuller range of trades and commercial activities involving businesswomen, including brick and tile production, pottery and ceramics, food production, cloth manufacture, commerce and finance. 131:
She is one of several businesswomen identified in ancient Pompeii, contributing to information about Roman businesswomen; other examples of Pompeii businesswomen mentioned alongside her are
113:, vessels that contained the sauce. One of these workshops was managed by Umbricia Fortunata. She is an excellent example of a Roman woman entrusted to manage the business of another. 107:, a major producer of garum in Pompeii. Scaurus owned a number of workshops in Pompeii, run by employed managers, whose names and roles are identified in inscriptions found on 128:, also makes this likely. However, some scholars have pointed out that she may also have been the Pompeian producer's relative — possibly his wife or sister. 268:
Berdowski, P., "Some remarks on the economic activity of women in the Roman Empire: a research problem", in P. Berdowski, B. Blahaczek (eds),
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Few details of Umbricia Fortunata's life can be established with any certainty, however, she is known from three
120:. It has been established that Umbricius Scarus normally employed his freedmen to manage his workshops, and the 144: 104: 219:
Berdowski, P., "Roman Businesswomen. I: The case of the producers and distributors of garum in Pompei",
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Poppaea Note and Dicidia Margaris. Recent scholarship, notably work by Piotr Berdowski of the
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http://www.archeologia.univ.rzeszow.pl/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/analecta_3/08_Berdowski.pdf
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Haec mihi in animis vestris templa: Studia Classica in Memory of Professor Lesław Morawiecki
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Garum and Salsamenta: Production and Commerce in Materia Medica
139:, the freedwoman trader Naevoleia Tyche and the freedwomen 207:, Vol. 58, No. 5 (Feb., 1963), pp 204-210, Online: 48: 36: 28: 21: 90:on the jars of urceus type. In Latin, she was a 264: 262: 8: 116:Umbricia Fortunata was possibly Scaurus's 18: 156: 167:, Routledge: London and New York, 2008 254:Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook 203:Corcoran, T.H., "Roman Fish Sauces", 72:. She produced the popular seasoning 7: 209:https://www.jstor.org/stable/3295259 252:Cooley, A.E. & Cooley, M.G.L., 243:, Vol. 58, No. 5, 1963, pp. 204-210 221:Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia 183:Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia 223:, tom 3, 2008, pp 251-272 Online: 14: 163:Dobbins, J. J. and Foss P. W., 94:(from the generic Latin term, 1: 299:Ancient Roman businesspeople 272:, Rzeszów, 2007, pp 283-298 100:for fish sauces) by trade. 330: 76:, a fermented fish sauce. 256:, Routledge, 2013, p. 250 177:Berdowski, Piotr (2008). 124:Fortunata, considered as 289:1st-century Roman women 103:She was an employee of 108: 95: 304:Ancient businesswomen 241:The Classical Journal 205:The Classical Journal 145:University of Rzeszów 165:The World of Pompeii 309:People from Pompeii 16:Roman businesswoman 294:1st-century Romans 66:Umbricia Fortunata 23:Umbricia Fortunata 63: 62: 321: 273: 266: 257: 250: 244: 233: 227: 217: 211: 201: 195: 194: 192: 190: 174: 168: 161: 126:cognomen servile 105:Umbricius Scarus 19: 329: 328: 324: 323: 322: 320: 319: 318: 279: 278: 277: 276: 267: 260: 251: 247: 234: 230: 218: 214: 202: 198: 188: 186: 176: 175: 171: 162: 158: 153: 82: 80:Life and career 44: 41: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 327: 325: 317: 316: 311: 306: 301: 296: 291: 281: 280: 275: 274: 258: 245: 235:Curtis, R.I., 228: 212: 196: 169: 155: 154: 152: 149: 81: 78: 61: 60: 52:Businesswomen 50: 46: 45: 42: 38: 34: 33: 32:1st century AD 30: 26: 25: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 326: 315: 312: 310: 307: 305: 302: 300: 297: 295: 292: 290: 287: 286: 284: 271: 265: 263: 259: 255: 249: 246: 242: 238: 232: 229: 226: 222: 216: 213: 210: 206: 200: 197: 184: 180: 173: 170: 166: 160: 157: 150: 148: 146: 142: 138: 134: 129: 127: 123: 119: 114: 112: 111: 106: 101: 99: 98: 93: 92:liquaminarium 89: 88: 79: 77: 75: 71: 67: 59: 57: 51: 47: 39: 35: 31: 27: 20: 269: 253: 248: 240: 236: 231: 220: 215: 204: 199: 187:. Retrieved 185:(3): 251–271 182: 172: 164: 159: 141:moneylenders 130: 125: 115: 102: 91: 87:tituli picti 85: 83: 65: 64: 53: 137:Julia Felix 283:Categories 189:20 October 151:References 118:freedwoman 49:Occupation 58:producer) 314:Umbricii 133:Eumachia 122:cognomen 97:liquamen 70:Pompeii 43:Pompeii 40:79 AD 110:urcei 74:garum 56:garum 191:2021 37:Died 29:Born 285:: 261:^ 181:. 135:, 193:. 54:(

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garum
Pompeii
garum
tituli picti
liquamen
Umbricius Scarus
urcei
freedwoman
cognomen
Eumachia
Julia Felix
moneylenders
University of Rzeszów
"Roman Businesswomen. I: The case of the producers and distributors of garum in Pompeii"
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3295259
http://www.archeologia.univ.rzeszow.pl/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/analecta_3/08_Berdowski.pdf


Categories
1st-century Roman women
1st-century Romans
Ancient Roman businesspeople
Ancient businesswomen
People from Pompeii
Umbricii

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