As part of the seminar in the Institute of Classical Studies (London) Classical Art and Archaeology autumn series, our postdoc and research fellow, Dr Federico Ugolini, will be giving a talk titled: “Producing, Consuming and Exporting Adriatic Wines in the Roman Mediterranean”.

The talk will take place on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at 17:00 UK time (19:00 Israel time).

During Roman times, Adriatic wines were widely produced, shipped and traded across the Mediterranean, and N Adriatic ports acted as distributors of this commodity and interface within the Mediterranean. Using archival, archaeological and pre-industrial comparative data on agricultural production, this paper assesses the N Adriatic ports’ relationships with their farming hinterlands, and their connections with the rest of the empire. I will first introduce Adriatic port cities, as well as their hinterlands, countryside and population, then I will illustrate the wines and crus produced in the N Adriatic, and finally I will assess the shipping of Adriatic wines, by examining aspects on seasonality, cargoes and markets. 

For more info and registration: https://ics.sas.ac.uk/events

Good luck Federico!