In Ancient Rome, cities were organized into communities around specific professions (potters, leather workers, butchers), which became far more than simply communities of work—people married into them, lived amongst them, and they became sources of identity and social structure.

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Rome was divided into patchwork of what were called... You had the potters there, the leather workers there, the butchers there and these communities actually became far more than simply communities of work. People married into them, they lived in amongst them. They became a source of identity.

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How work has shaped society | James SuzmanBig Think
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:07:36 PM

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