The Roman Economy

I was struck by when reading your book that, you know, in the middle ages there's a luxury market that survives to some degree. But it's this mass market that vanishes. Youre the market for the middle and lower end. I ti t that feels most modern about the roman economy that it has this consumer element That we almost don't expect, i suppose, looking at it from the modern world. No, absolutely. Inlan the scale is just completely different, and there is this spectacular er craftsmanship going on but at a superalet level.