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Running a Business in Ancient Rome
Course #: CLSICS 205G
Description:
What can pre-industrial Rome teach students about running a business? Rome was a city without electricity or motorized transportation and its population was overwhelmingly illiterate. It was, nevertheless, a city which teemed with small businesses selling everything from fish-sauce to furniture to pillows to wine to gravestones to theater to fast food. In this course students will analyze historical, legal and archaeological evidence for large-scale and small-scale businesses to address questions such as how labor markets, banking and capital, demand, supply, production, transportation, international trade, and supply chains impacted Roman commerce. We can solve real-world business problems from the ancient world: how to develop marketing plans for shops; how to address farm concerns; and how to persuade investors to provide start-up capital.
Pre Requisites: Pre-req = ENGL 102, and a minimum of 30 creditsDegree Students OnlyStudents may not take more than one 200G ( Intermediate Seminar) course.