The Roman world is sometimes portrayed as being constituted of a small and extremely rich elite and a large mass of poor people. In this article Jongkind takes a look at the archaeological evidence of excavated houses and shows that a wide range of housing was available: not all houses were inhabited by the very poor or very rich - there was truly a large group of people in between.
"Corinth in the First Century AD: The Search for Another Class".
The Roman world is sometimes portrayed as being constituted of a small and extremely rich elite and a large mass of poor people. In this article Jongkind takes a look at the archaeological evidence of excavated houses and shows that a wide range of housing was available: not all houses were inhabited by the very poor or very rich - there was truly a large group of people in between.
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