Dr. Jess Venner
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 20 Jul
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Again, real and actually lived there.
And she was a freed woman of Aulus Umbricius Scourus.
And she took his name and went into business with him.
She actually went into such a niche part of his business that she started selling kosher garum.
Was it common to business women in Roman times?
Do you know, I think it was much more common than we traditionally thought.
And Pompeii, again, this is another reason why it's so wonderful, has a really wonderful way of showing us the bits about ancient history that we may have mistaken and female interests.
And the way that they were involved in business and negotiation and property management, even it has a way of telling us different stories.
And, you know, the other great example is Julia Felix, who is quite well known now.
She's depicted fairly often in literature.
So Julia is a female businesswoman.
We know this because she had a huge advertisement on the outside of her house.
a big estate near the amphitheater.
And in this advertisement, she says, for discerning customers, you can use my Venus baths, which she remodeled after an earthquake, by the way, in AD 62.
So she was like, okay, there's an opportunity here.
All the other baths are shutting down because they're all damaged in this earthquake.
I'm going to start making money, but only for really cool, wealthy people.
basically, so she's only letting serve people in.
She's got shops and apartments that she's renting out.
She's got her own living areas.
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