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The Roman Macellum or market place. Built in the second half of the 2nd century CE.

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The Roman Macellum or market place. Built in the second half of the 2nd century CE.

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davidmorgan (2019-05-14)
World’s first stock exchange ‘was in Turkey’.
The Macellum area is known as the world’s first stock exchange because the term appeared in 304 A.D. after the Emperor Diocletianus issued a decree setting a ceiling price and sent this decree to many cities in the empire to combat inflation.
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