The Mills-Bakeries of Ostia : : Description and Interpretation.

• Superior document: Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology
• Author: Bakker, Jan Theo.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 1999.; ©1999.
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (269 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- THE MILLS-BAKERIES OF OSTIA -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: lntroduction -- 1 Subject-matter and aims of the study - Jan Theo Bakker -- 2 The functioning of Roman bakeries - Jan Theo Bakker, Bemard Meijlink -- 2A Mills-bakeries using animal power -- 2B Watermills -- 2C The mills-bakeries in Pompeii -- 2D The mills-bakeries in Rome and Constantinople -- 2E The output of the mills-bakeries -- Chapter 2: The Caseggiato dei Molini -- Part I: The building history -- 1 lntroduction -- 2 The Hadrianic period -- 2A General -- 2B Outer walls -- 2C Inner walls -- 2D Staircases -- 2E Beamholes -- 2F Doorways -- 2G Windows -- 2H Summary -- 3 The Antonine period -- 3A General -- 3B lnner walls -- South-east comer of the building -- Room 3, north-east pier and west wall -- Room 6, west -- Room 8, east and north-east -- Room 12, south-east and north-west -- Rooms 15 and 16 -- Rooms 17-21 -- Rooms 19-21 -- Room 21, north -- Rooms 21 and 22, east -- Room 22, north and 23, south -- Room 23, north -- Room 24 -- Room 25 -- Room 26, west -- Room 27, north-east -- 3C Staircases -- Room 4 -- Room 9 -- 3D Doorways -- Room 3, west -- 3E Windows -- Room 8 -- Room 26, west -- 3F Summary -- 4 The Severan period: 193-211 AD -- 4A General -- 4B Staircase and inner walls -- 1 Staircase 9-10, north and west -- 2 Room 11, north-west -- 3 Rooms 19-21, arches -- 4 Room 21, north -- 4C Doorways and windows -- 5 Rooms 8 and 11 -- 6 Rooms 9 and 10 -- 4D Summary -- 5 The late-Severan period: 210-235 AD -- 5A General -- 5B Inner walls and piers on Via dei Molini -- a Rooms 6, 7 and 13 -- b Room 17, north and south -- c Rooms 25 and 29 -- d Room 17, west -- e Brick piers along Via dei Molini -- 5C Summary -- 6 The second half of the third century -- 6A General -- 6B lnner walls -- Room 6, east and south -- Room 7.

Room 13, east and west -- Room 15 -- Rooms 18-20, west -- Room 23 -- 7 The destruction of the Caseggiato dei Molini -- Part II: The history of the excavations -- Part III: lnterpretation -- 1 The early building periods -- IA The Hadrianic building period: ground floor -- IB The Antonine building period: Fround floor -- IC Staircases, ceilings, upper floors and roof -- 2 The Severan alterations -- 2A Septimius Severus -- 2B Caracalla to Alexander Severus (late-Severan) -- 3 The later third century alterations -- 4 Further alterations -- 5 The fire and the finds -- 6 The fumishing and functions of the building -- 6A The masonry -- The Hadrianic and Antonine building periods -- The Severan alterations -- The later third century alterations -- 6B The finds -- 6C The dates of the installation and abandoning of the millbakery and carpenters' workshop -- 6D The functioning of the mill-bakery -- Chapter 3: Molino l,Xlll,4 -- 1 lntroduction -- 2 General description of the building -- 3 The building periods -- 3A Period 1: 80-100 AD -- 3B Period 2: 100-125 AD -- The west rooms -- The central rooms -- The east rooms -- Date -- 3C Period 3: 175-200 AD -- 3D Period 4: 210-235 AD -- 3E Period 5: c. 250 AD -- 3F Period 6: 250-300 AD -- 3G Period 7: 370-440 AD -- 3H The co חidor north of the Molino -- 4 Reconstruction -- 4A Period 1: 80-100 AD -- 4B Period 2: 100-125 AD -- 4C Period 3: 175-200 AD -- 4D Period 4: 210-235 AD -- 4E Period 5: c. 250 AD -- 4F Period 6: 250-300 AD -- 4G Period 7: 370-440 AD -- 4H Reconstruction of the upper floors and roof -- The west rooms -- The central part -- The east rooms -- 5 Objects in the Molino -- 5A Yarious objects -- 5B The mills and kneading-machines -- 6 The bakery -- 6A The installation of the bakery and the alterations -- 6B The functioning of the bakery -- Chapter 4: The Caseggiato delle Fornaci.

1 Introduction -- 2 The Hadrianic period -- 2A General -- 2B Outer walls -- 2C lnner walls -- 2D Ceilings, staircases and upper floors -- 3 Antoninus Pius to Marcus Aurelius -- 4 Commodus to Septimius Severus -- 5 The Severan Emperors -- 6 The later third and fourth century -- 6A The middle of the third century -- 6B The second half of the third century -- 6C The later third and early fourth century -- 7 lnterpretation -- 7 A The Hadrianic building -- 7B The installation of the bakery -- 7C Later repairs and modifications -- 7D The functioning of the bakery -- Chapter 5: Further evidence -- 1 Further bakeries -- IA Caseggiato del Balcone Ligneo and Caseggiato del Pantomimo Apolausto (l,ll,2.6) -- Description -- Interpretation -- 1B A bakery near the Caseggiato dei Dolii (I,IV,5) -- IC Caseggiato I,IX,2 -- Description -- lnterpretation -- ID Caseggiato della Cistema (I,XII,4) -- Description -- Interpretation -- IE Building II,VIIl,9 -- 2 Millstones and kneading-machines -- 3 Reliefs -- 4 Inscriptions and graffiti -- Inscriptions -- Graffiti -- Chapter 6: On the Emperor's service. The corpus pistorum of Ostia and Portus Uterque from the juridical perspective -- 1 lntroduction -- 2 The free distributions of grain and bread -- 2A The administration of the Annona -- 2B The corpus pistorum in Rome -- 2C The collegia artificum -- 2D Corpora pistorum outside Rome -- 3 The corpus pistorum in Ostia -- 4 The privilege of the corpus -- 5 The functions of the corpus -- 6 Conclusions -- Chapter 7: Conclusions -- 1 The functioning of the mills-bakeries -- 2 The dates and distribution of the mills-bakeries -- 2A Dates -- 2B Distribution -- 3 The fisc and the millers-bakers in Ostia, Rome and Constantinople -- 3A Bread for the vigiles -- 3B The Grandi Horrea -- 3C The millers-bakers in Rome and the frumentationes.

3D Frumentationes in Ostia? -- Appendix: The octagonal room in the Caseggiato della Cisterna -- Catalogues -- The Caseggiato dei Molini. Catalogue of the building material - Thea Heres -- The Caseggiato dei Molini. General catalogue - Jan Theo Bakker -- Molino I,XIII,4. Catalogue - Bemard Meijlink -- Caseggiato delle Fomaci. Catalogue - Jan van Dalen -- List of figures -- Bibliography -- lndex -- List of plates.