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- The profession of pistor is therefore a profession that has undergone changes from the end of the republican period to the end of the imperial period. Private bakeries, under contract with the State, co-existed with domestic bakers within prestigious familiae. According to their epitaphs, the bakers were proud of their profession, although it is described as hard and difficult by most ancient authors. Trajan (98-117) then reorganized the bakers at the beginning of the second century. The corpus pistorum develops under the control of the state and the domestic bakers tend to disappear. Aurelian (270-275) then decided to distribute bread free of charge to the people of Rome, and the corpus pistorum became an annunciatory college. Large complexes of bakeries were then developed to supply the city of Rome and the functions of baker and miller were separated.