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Textile and clothing production was a major source of employment. Both textiles and finished garments were tred among the peoples of the Empire, whose products were often named for them or a particular town, rather like a fashion "label". Better rey-to-wear was exported by
businessmen (negotiatores or mercatores) who were often well-to-do residents of the production centres. Finished garments might be retailed by their s agents, who travelled to potential customers, or by vestiarii, clothing ers who were mostly dmen; or they might be peddled by itinerant merchants. In Egypt, textile producers could run
prosperous small businesses employing apprentices, workers ing wages, and slaves. The fullers (fullones) and dye workers (coloratores) h their own guilds. Centonarii were guild workers who specialized in textile production and the recycling of old clothes into pieced goods.[n 14]
Roman hunters during the preparations, set-up of traps, and in-action hunting near Tarraco GDP and distribution Further ination: Roman economy ?? Gross domestic product
Economic historians vary in their calculations of the gross domestic product of the Roman economy during the Principate. In the years of 14, 100, and 150 , estimates of per capita GDP range from 166 to 380 HS. The GDP per capita of Italy is estimated as 40 to 66%
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