Posted on 12/05/2008 7:43:05 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Evidence of the pottery workshops emerged in Modena, in central-northern Italy, during construction work to build a residential complex near the ancient walls of the city... Firmalampen, or "factory lamps," were one of the first mass-produced goods in Roman times and they carried brand names clearly stamped on their clay bottoms. The ancient dumping in Modena contained lamps by the most famous brands of the time: Strobili, Communis, Phoetaspi, Eucarpi and Fortis. All these manufacturers had their products sold on the markets of three continents. Fortis was the trendiest of all pottery brands and its products were used up to the end of the second century A.D... Scholars have long thought that the fashionable Fortis originated from Modena -- then called Mutina -- but until now no evidence had been found for that claim... Labate added that kilns were located outside the city walls to prevent fires from breaking out in the city. The ancient dumping contained other important objects, such as a fine terracotta statuette depicting Hercules as he captures the Erymanthian Boar, and 14 lead bullets which were probably used in the Battle of Mutina in 43 B.C. During that battle, Decimus Brutus, one of Julius Caesar's assassins, defeated the besieging Mark Antony with the help of Octavian, the future Roman Emperor Augustus... The oil lamps and the other newly discovered objects will be displayed in a permanent show at the Archaeological and Ethnological Museum in Modena at the end of the month.
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Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici dell'Emilia-Romagna | Firmalampen, or "factory lamps," found at sites in Modena, Italy. These lamps were one of the first mass-produced goods in Roman times and they carried brand names clearly stamped on their clay bottoms.
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Whoa! Do I have to tell you what those REALLY look like????
Wow - coolest thing ever - looks like somebody ‘collected the whole set’...
I am really curious as to what kind of lead bullets were used in 43 B.C..
sling bullets.
A slinger was called a Funditor, and the lead bullets might have the word Dexa inscribed on them...that meant Catch! LOL
I’d love to see the terracota Hercules.
Wow!
Ya got to hand it to the Romans, they were genius in many ways. It was not uncommon for a Roman house to have sewers underneath and running water nearby!
And 2000 years ago, Rome, as a city, was already near 800 years old! (in 330, Constantine the Great released a bunch of coins commemorating the 1,000th anniversary of Rome!)
There’s a reason they were filled with oil...
Those were probably lead slingstones (stone being an expression in that case). The Romans had artillery (the word is even from them I think), but it wasn’t obviously gunpowder-based. ;’) Vespasian, as a general, made his reputation in Britain (if memory serves), reducing British hillforts using Roman artillery of various types.
*snort*
ROTFL!
Don’t even GO there!
I’ve been without oil lamps for far too long....
Yeah, they really had it goin’ on. There was a dark side of course, but who are we to throw, uh, slingstones?
:’) Thanks!
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Are you pulling my leg?
No, not at all...
Amazing find.
You saying you're one of the 6 unwise virgins of the Wedding Parable?
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