Harbor Customs Houses
Port offices that assessed tariffs, cargo manifests, quarantine rules, and merchant documentation.
Core metadata
- ID: harbor_customs_houses
- Era: Classical
- First known date: 100 (century)
- Region: Roman imperial ports, river crossings, and customs stations across Mediterranean and Danubian trade routes
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
Dependents
- None.
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Portorium (LacusCurtius / Smith Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, 1875, textbook) • Supports: node
Locator: The entry defines portorium as Roman duties on imported and exported goods and goods carried through a country or over bridges. - Roman customs station from Capidava. Statio for publicum portorii Illyrici in the 2nd century AD (Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology / ResearchGate, 2020, review) • Supports: node
Locator: The article abstract describes second-century AD inscriptions related to a Roman customs station, statio portorii, at Capidava.
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 2
- expert_inference: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Currency (currency) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Currency provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Tax Accounting (tax_accounting) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Tax Accounting provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Shipyard Drydocks (shipyard_drydocks) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Shipyard Drydocks provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
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