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- Roman Wine: Windows on a Lifestyle
- Fine Glassware in the Roman World
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Square-sided bottle
Ht., 16.4 cm
Capacity: 0.56 sextarius [0.55 U.S. pints]
Early 2nd century A.D.
Next, you will have to carry in your head (or be ready to return often to this page) a general sense of the Roman weights-and-measures system, and some feeling for the costs of everyday goods and services. You may often get by, though, just knowing that: