CHARACTER |
OCCUPATION |
KIND OF WEALTH |
AMOUNT |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. Pompeius Trimalchio | (merchant) | claims to have idle cash shipwreck loss commercial voyage: profits potential dowry for a bride |
30,000,000 HS 10,000,000 HS 30,000,000 HS 10,000,000 HS 10,000,000 HS |
| T. Mammaea | (municipal worthy) | inherited | 30,000,000 HS |
| C. Julius Proculus | (undertaker) | made a fortune | 1,000,000 HS |
| C. Pompeius | possesses | 800,000 HS | |
| Chrysanthus | (vineyards) | (vineyards) bequeathed | 100,000 HS |
| Scissa | frees a slave | 50,000HS | |
| Hermeros | (freedman) | paid for freedom | 4,000 HS |
| Habinnas | (monumenteer) | bought a slave | 1,200 HS |
| Ascyltus | (one of our heroes) | reward for Giton | 1,000 HS |
Real purchase: |
Method of acquisition: |
Place: |
AMOUNT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pair of boys | (actual slave purchase) | Pompeii (61 A.D.) | 1,450 HS |
| Male slave | (actual sale) | Herculaneum (63 A.D.) | 4,050 HS |
John Paul Adams, CSUN
john.p.adams@csun.edu