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Città e risorse tra attività economiche e pubblica utilità

The current study investigates the relationship that connects the commercial
enterprises to the cities and their territory. The cities (not only Rome, but also
municipalities and colonies) tended to operate controls on the entrepreneurial activity
carried out in the urban territory, both through specific regulation and through the
administration of the necessary tools for carrying out these activities. This trend had its
roots in the republican period, but found their highest and articulate expressions in the

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