RÉIMPRESSION EN PROJET - Garum and Salsamanta - Production and Commerce in Materia Medica, (Studies in Ancient Medicine, 3), 1991, 226 p., 9 p. photos, 2 cartes et 10 fig., relié. -

Fermented fish products fulfilled multiple functions in Greaco-Roman society. They were a source of nutrition, a medicine with both dietetic and therapeutic value, and a commodity of trade. Their production and commerce provided employment for many individuals in the western and eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. The work defines ancient salt-fish products and clarifies their relationship with modern counterparts. The author, employing literary, archaeological, epigraphical, papyrological and numismatic evidence, provides a province-by-province survey of the areas which produced and exported them. The book closes with a discussion of the social status of those involved in their manufacture and trade, the methods used to market them and their fate in the post-classical period.