What is record keeping in ancient times?

Answer 1

there was no record keeping in ancient Rome, the Romans were too stupid to write. Just kidding. In fact the Romans were meticulous record keepers. They had records of the rolls of citizenship for taxation purposes, they kept records of owners of property, records of trade such as ships' cargoes, weather records, the records of the politicians and their consulships and the military pay records, not to mention all the histories, both of the empire and of individuals.

Answer 2

With feather ink and paper.