Zum Bau- und Wirtschaftsboom während der Kaiserzeit im Municipium Flavium Muniguense / Munigua

The paper approaches the posed problem in three steps.
First, the conditions for a boom, especially in the province
of Baetica and specifically in Munigua, are examined
on the basis of modern economic criteria, with the
result that they were also present in antiquity. A boom
requires quantification. Therefore, in a next step, the
parameters »square meters of enclosed space« as well as
»tonnage of slag heaps« are determined, since they seem
to be suitable as markers for a construction or economic
boom in the Muniguan municipium. They are elaborated
and then also graphically contrasted. Thereby, the
great importance of copper smelting since the late
Republican/early Imperial period is shown, which is
replaced by iron smelting from the Flavian period on.
The period in between seems to be marked by a crisis, to
which not least the famous letter of Titus could refer. In
terms of development, the economic boom initially
preceeded the building boom somewhat in the earlier
Imperial period. Thus, a building phase is missing in
this epoch. The realization leads to the assumption that
a missing early Imperial building phase could sometimes
be a characteristic of smaller cities (small towns).
From the Flavian period onwards, uniformity prevails.
Furthermore, it seems important to observe that the
money used in Munigua may have been earned at the site
itself. On this point, however, final certainty is not to be
gained, since the bearers or the actors in this process
belong to the Great Families of the Baetica, which,
besides Munigua, were located elsewhere in the neighboring
towns or in other towns of the lower Guadalquivir
valley. As a result, the city proves to be an important
node in the distribution network of metal ingots.