ROMAN TRADE IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN

Conference presented by Georges Castellvi, PhD in History of Civilizations.
Tuesday, November 10 at 6:30 PM

For about sixty years, researchers have been exploring the waters of Port-Vendres to better understand the economic history of Roman antiquity, between Narbonne and the Hispanic province of Tarraconensis.

Between a dozen and fifteen shipwrecks have been recorded there from the 1st century BC to the 5th century AD. Most of these ships carried cargoes of wine amphorae from Italy, Gaul, Catalonia, the Near East, but also oil and metals from Baetica (Andalusia) and sometimes more unique items (Egyptian glassware, figurines, fine tableware…).

These various shipwrecks thus allow us, on our scale, to reconstruct the major trade flows of Roman antiquity in the western Mediterranean.

As part of the association for Underwater Research in Roussillon (Aresmar), Georges Castellvi co-directed underwater excavations in Port-Vendres from 1998 to 2010.

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