A macellum (pl.: macella; Greek: μάκελλον, makellon) is an ancient Roman indoor market building that sold mostly provisions (especially meat and fish).[1] The building normally sat alongside the forum and basilica, providing a place in which a market could be held.[2] Each macellum sold different kinds of produce, depending on local availability, but it was not uncommon to import these comestibles, especially at ports like Pompeii.
- ^ Claire De Ruyt (1983). Macellum: marché alimentaire des Romains. Institut supérieur d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art, Collège Érasme.
- ^ L. Richardson, jr (1 October 1992). A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. JHU Press. pp. 241–. ISBN 978-0-8018-4300-6.