The mills-bakeries of Ostia : description and interpretation / edited by Jan Theo Bakker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bakker, Jan Theo, editor.

Series:

Dutch monographs on ancient history and archaeology ; Volume 21.

Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology Series ; Volume 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flour mills--Italy--Ostia (Extinct city)--History--To 1500.

Flour mills.

Bakeries--Italy--Ostia (Extinct city)--History--To 1500.

Bakeries.

Ostia (Extinct city)--Area.

Ostia (Extinct city).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : J.C. Gieben Publishers, [1999]

Summary:

The ruins of Ostia, main harbour of Imperial Rome, were uncovered in the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century.In the present volume the remains of three buildings used for the milling of grain and baking of bread (pistrina) are studied according to modern archaeological standards.

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

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

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 central part

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

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

lnterpretation

ID Caseggiato della Cistema (I,XII,4)

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

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Bakker, Jan Theo The Mills-Bakeries of Ostia

ISBN:

9789004525825

9004525823

OCLC:

1369643102