Rhodora Vennarucci. “Socci and Sociability: Shopping for Status in a Roman Shop”
Walla Walla University, Admin Bldg 117 204 S College Ave, College Place, WAFather Edward A. Bader, CSB Lecture in Mediterranean Archaeology This talk applies a Consumer Culture Theory (CCT) and phenomenological approach to the Felt Shop of Verecundus (IX.7.5-7) from Pompeii. This shop sold fine footwear (socci, or soft-soled felted slippers) and other high-status textile products. We will explore how ancient consumers self-fashioned through public acts of […]