The Pastores: Livestock Managers

The Pastores: Livestock Managers – The Corporate Ranchers of the Roman Latifundia

The Mensores of Ostia

The Mensores of Ostia – The Guild of Grain Measurers Who Standardized Rome’s Food Supply

The Ferrariae of Noricum – Celtic-Roman Ironmasters Who Forged the Empire’s Edge

The Locatio Conductio (Lease) Jurists – The Legal Engineers of Rome’s Consensual Hire and Rental Markets

The Emptio Rei Speratae (Futures Contract) Innovator – The Legal Architects of Antiquity’s Conditional Sales for Future Goods

The Stipulatio (Oral Contract) Enforcers – The Roman Jurists Who Formalized Verbal Business Agreements

The Manceps Pompeianus – The Quintessential Roman Contractor for Public Works

The Argentum Scortum Mine Contractors – The Public-Private Partners Who Fueled Rome’s Silver Standard

The Dokimastes and the Birth of Trust in Coinage – The Ancient Assayers Who Guaranteed the Integrity of Currency

Metics of Athens: The Engine of Commerce – The Resident Alien Class that Fueled Athenian Economic Power