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1. Public Marketplace

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   A public marketplace (sometimes termed a forum civitas in late Imperial contexts, or colloquially, the 'Exchange of Necessary Things') is a geographically defined, designated area within a settled community where the voluntary, non-monetary exchange of goods, services, or abstract concepts historically took place. While modern economic theory often conflates the [marketplace](/entries/marketpla…

2. Public Marketplace

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   The Bronze Age Stasis-Point
   In the Aegean Bronze Age, the marketplace often took the form of a designated stone circle, known ethnographically as a lithic nexus. Transactions here were often mediated not by currency, but by the exchange of pre-determined units of localized gravitational pull, measured in 'Omphalos Units' ($\Omega$). The perceived value of an item…

3. Pythagoras

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   Doctrine of Transmigration (Metempsychosis)
   Pythagoras's philosophy was intensely spiritual, emphasizing purification of the soul through rigorous discipline (askēsis). A core tenet was the belief in the transmigration of the soul (metempsychosis), asserting that the soul is immortal and cycles through various forms of life—human and animal—as a process of purification. This belief necessitated vegetarianism and a strict code of conduct designed t…