Caesia Helpis

Caesia Helpis (fl. 1st century AD), was an Ancient Roman businesswoman in Pompeii.

Life and career

Caesia Helpis was a member of a family in Pompeii known as the manufacturers of the wine Vinum Caesianum, which was known during the reign of emperor Nero.[1][2] It is not confirmed whether her name indicates that she was in fact a member of the family, or if she was a former slave manumitted by the family and their client.[3][4]

She is noted in the inscriptions CIL IV, 5789–91, 5793 as an independent businesswoman who produced and sold wine.[5][6] In Pompeii, many women sold wine, but it appears to have been rare to manufacture it. She sold her wine through the wine trader-businesswoman Vibia.[7][8]

Her name has been found in several inscriptions as well as amphorae with the name Caesia.[9][10] She is theorized to have also traded in fish sauce, garum. It appears as she and M. Acceius Telemachus were members of a guild or a society for people who manufactured fish sauce.[11][12]

She belonged to the group of women in Pompeii who is often referred to when it comes to Ancient Roman businesswomen. Pompeii is unusually well documented for a Roman city, and gives a valuable source of information about the professional opportunities of Ancient Roman women.

References

  1. ^ Berdowski, Piotr. Roman Businesswomen. I: The Case of the Producers and Distributors of Garum in Pompeii, "Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia" 3 (2008), 251-271.
  2. ^ Longfellow, B. (2025). The Lives and Deaths of Women in Ancient Pompeii. USA: University of Texas Press. s.
  3. ^ Berdowski, Piotr. Roman Businesswomen. I: The Case of the Producers and Distributors of Garum in Pompeii, "Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia" 3 (2008), 251-271.
  4. ^ Longfellow, B. (2025). The Lives and Deaths of Women in Ancient Pompeii. USA: University of Texas Press. s.
  5. ^ Berdowski, Piotr. Roman Businesswomen. I: The Case of the Producers and Distributors of Garum in Pompeii, "Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia" 3 (2008), 251-271.
  6. ^ Longfellow, B. (2025). The Lives and Deaths of Women in Ancient Pompeii. USA: University of Texas Press. s.
  7. ^ Berdowski, Piotr. Roman Businesswomen. I: The Case of the Producers and Distributors of Garum in Pompeii, "Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia" 3 (2008), 251-271.
  8. ^ Longfellow, B. (2025). The Lives and Deaths of Women in Ancient Pompeii. USA: University of Texas Press. s.
  9. ^ Berdowski, Piotr. Roman Businesswomen. I: The Case of the Producers and Distributors of Garum in Pompeii, "Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia" 3 (2008), 251-271.
  10. ^ Longfellow, B. (2025). The Lives and Deaths of Women in Ancient Pompeii. USA: University of Texas Press. s.
  11. ^ Berdowski, Piotr. Roman Businesswomen. I: The Case of the Producers and Distributors of Garum in Pompeii, "Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia" 3 (2008), 251-271.
  12. ^ Longfellow, B. (2025). The Lives and Deaths of Women in Ancient Pompeii. USA: University of Texas Press. s.
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