Introduction
Part I: Approaches
1: Roman Craftsmen and Traders: Towards an Intellectual History
Miko Flohr and Andrew Wilson
2: Twentieth Century Italian Research on Craftsmen, Traders, and their Professional Organizations in the Roman World
Carla Salvaterra and Alessandro Cristofori
3: The Archaeology of Ancient Urban Workshops: A French Approach?
Jean-Pierre Brun
Part II: Strategies
4: Mercantile Specialization and Trading Communities: Economic Strategies in Roman Maritime Trade
Candace Rice
5: Driving Forces for Specialization: Market, Location Factors, Productivity Improvements
Kai Ruffing
6: Fashionable Footwear: Craftsmen and Consumers in the North-West Provinces of the Roman Empire
Carol van Driel-Murray
7: Contextualizing the Operational Sequence: Pompeian Bakeries as a Case Study
Nicolas Monteix
Part III: People
8: Disciplina, patrocinium, nomen: The Benefits of Apprenticeship in the Roman World
Christel Freu
9: Women, Trade, and Production in the Urban Centres of Roman Italy
Lena Larsson Lovén
10: Freedmen and Agency in Roman Business
Wim Broekaert
11: The Social Organization of Commerce and Crafts in Ancient Arles: Heterogeneity, Hierarchy, and Patronage
Nicolas Tran
12: Hierapolis and its Professional Associations: A Comparative Analysis
Ilias Arnaoutoglou
Part IV: Space
13: Working Together: Clusters of Artisans in the Roman City
Penelope Goodman
14: Spatial Concentration and Dispersal of Roman Textile Crafts
Kerstin Dross-KrĂ¼pe
15: Industry and Commerce in the City of Aquincum
Orsolya LĂ¡ng
16: The Potters of Ancient Sagalassos Revisited
Jeroen Poblome