Technological revolutions and work organisation. Technology and social improvements. Glass was the preferred material in Roman times for containing drinks, especially wine, as may have been the case with this bottle for table service. It is a clear example of the transformation of an ancient material, glass, considered a luxury product, into a popular and easily accessible one thanks to the new blowing technique.

The use of the mould for the production of this type of pottery raised its production to industrial levels. Roman ceramics, in general, and terra sigillata, in particular, are revealed to us as a highly active industry, the result of which is a very high level of production covering a wide range of typologies. The owners of the industries were usually great lords (domini) who owned large estates. These centres were run by foremen. Generally freedmen of the owner, they organised and controlled production. The workforce was mainly slave labour, with an abundance of women and children.

The study of this set of iron tools provides fundamental information for understanding the complexity of economic activity in a Late Roman villa. The villas of the Republican and High Imperial periods formed the basis of agricultural exploitation and were an essential part of supplying the cities.

On technical progress in engineering.