- Departament de Ciències de l'Antiguitat
Edifici B Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona) - +34 93.581.35.52
cesar carreras
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Ciències de l'Antiguitat, Faculty Member
- Rome, City of, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Ancient Roman Numismatics, Roman Army, Ancient economy, Amphorae (Archaeology), and 22 moreAncient Technology (Archaeology), Archaeological Geophysics, Historical Demography, Greek Archaeology, Shipwrecks, Roman Transport Amphoras, African amphorae, Anfora Dressel 1, Som El Que Mengem Revista, Dressel 20, Archaeology, Mediterranean archaeology, Roman Archaeology, Roman military archaeology, Roman Spain, Ancient economies (Archaeology), Ancient Trade & Commerce (Archaeology), Archaeology of Mediterranean Trade, Roman Amphorae, Archaeology of Roman Hispania, Roman Villae, and Roman Economyedit
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
In this paper new evidence is presented for long-distance trade in the western Atlantic in the Roman period, chiefly from Augustus to the second century AD, on the basis of documented shipwrecks and numerous amphora types. Well-dated... more
In this paper new evidence is presented for long-distance trade in the western Atlantic in the Roman period, chiefly from Augustus to the second century AD, on the basis of documented shipwrecks and numerous amphora types. Well-dated contexts from northern Portugal and Spain, as well as similar sites in northern France and Germany, suggest a thriving trade of amphora-borne commodities during the Principate. The Atlantic route was initially developed during Augustus' campaigns against the Cantabri and Astures, and later consolidated with the exploitation of the mines in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. Supplying the Roman armies in the German Limes gave a new impetus to this commercial route, complemented by the conquest of Britain.