Regional Interaction

Abstract

The dense urbanization of Roman Italy allowed for the easy movement of people as well as the development of regional networks. Weekly market days and gladiatorial spectacles functioned within such networks, as two notable events that brought together residents from different communities. Many towns in Roman Italy held their own market-day, and these individual markets were linked in a region-wide system, which supported the movement of produce and goods between city and countryside and around the region, an important part of the local economy. Gladiatorial spectacles provided social opportunities in the form of mass entertainment. Posters from Pompeii advertised gladiatorial games to be held in many cities of the region; it is likely that other towns featured similar advertisements. Advertising benefited both the sponsor, with a farther-reaching reputation, and the spectators, with additional opportunities to attend these popular games.

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