what kind of shops did they have in pompeii and what did they sell?

Question

did they sell urns or was only part of the greek tribe?

Answer 1

Pompeii was resort town without much industry, and the economy catered to a wealthy and leisured clientele (hence the huge brothel complexes that are larger than Ostia's, and Ostia was a port town with a population of 120,000).

The market would have been full of foodstuffs, cloth, scrolls (books), luxuries from around the empire like spices, jewels, silks, glass, rugs, furniture, slaves, etc. The market would also have been the place to contract services like hiring an artist to paint a mural or commission a sculpture or consult a lawyer. And of course they had urns! What do you think olive oil, wine, fish sauce, etc came in! And the Greeks are not a tribe!

The Roman economy was amazingly diverse and modern, but dutch is incorrect in saying they would have had tobacco. Tobacco was a New World crop that was first imported by the Spanish in the early 16C.

Answer 2

Hi there. The shops and market stalls sold prety much everything needed for a basic lifestyle. Whatever we have, they had their equivalent, human needs being ever the same. Food, drink, clothing, pots (yes, including urns!). The main difference would be slaves instead of some appliances, but this would be similar to us buying a car or horse!
Cheers, Steve.

Answer 3

Much like every society all the essential shops were there ,butchers ,bakers, poultiers, leather worker shops ,blacksmiths ,although they called them metal workers because they were amourers and agricultial impliment makers as well, brotherls, slavers, specilist food stalls IE skinned sugerd mice ,slugs,oysters,rabbits,peacocks, herbs and spices ,salt, sea foods, weavers , potters, wine merchants,there were a type of jewler who sold hairpins ,necklaces,pendants,rings, fibulae, mirrows,Etruscan mirrows, tiolet mysteries, hairdressers, cooks who offerd there services, sauce makers, sausage _vendors, fruiters which they ate in provusion including dried fruit, and much more

Answer 4

Olive oil/Wine/Tobacco/Friut n veg/Fish/Meat/Cheese/Swords/Furniture/Games/Prostitutes/Animals/Slaves/Metal items for everday use just nothing electronic, clever folk were them romans.

Answer 5

They would have sold clay pots, fruit and veg,herbs/spices and meat/fish products

Answer 6

oh the usual stuff - high fashions, cds, dvds, widescreen plasma and lcd tvs...starbucks coffee, ready meals, frozen pies, that kind of thing...

oh, and of course, satellite dishes

Hope this helps

:)

Answer 7

there would have been bakers, wine sellers, meat, furniture anything just like today

Answer 8

they sold everything..
excellent place to visit if you have the chance..
hoping to go to herculaneum this spring

Answer 9

Fire extinguishers and suntan oil.