Ergasterion
Ergasterion ( Greek ἐργαστήριον ) is the name for the workshop of a craftsman in ancient times . The term first appears in the 6th century BC. In Greece . At first the term obviously only referred to pottery , soon all manufacturing industries were named with it.
Originally, the workshop was housed in a craftsman's house before the increase in productivity could (but did not have to) lead to an outsourcing of the trade. On the one hand, the Ergasterion could belong to a private person who earned his living there, on the other hand, slaves could also be active in the workshop to do the work. This is particularly true of the Hellenistic and Roman heyday.
These types of workshops were also known in Italy. From Ergasterion was ergastulum or officina . The term fabricae , introduced in the 2nd century AD, refers to the workshops run under state supervision.
literature
- RE VI, 2: Article "Fabricenses", Sp. 1925-30, 1909.
- Little Pauly II: Article "fabriacae", Sp. 501f., Stuttgart 1967 / Little Pauly II: Article "Fabricenses", Sp. 501f., Munich 1979.
- Max Weber : Economy and Society . Outline of Understanding Sociology. 5th edition (study edition), ed. by Johannes Winckelmann , Tübingen 1980.