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The Latest Work on the Export of Baetican Olive Oil to Rome and the Army

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2009

J. M. Blázquez
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Over the last few years much work has been carried out on the export of olive oil from the province of Baetica to both Rome itself and the rest of the Roman Empire. The key for understanding the export traffic to Rome is the material from the Monte Testaccio in Rome, which is almost completely composed of amphorae from Baetica dating from the Imperial period, where a team of Spanish and Italian archaeologists have carried out two campaigns of excavations in 1989 an 1990 under my direction (Plate 1). This article also contains some other conlusions drawn from the work done in recent years by the team of Spanish archaeologists who work on the Monte Testaccio, investigating the topic of the Baetician oil trade.

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Greece & Rome , Volume 39 , Issue 2 , October 1992 , pp. 173 - 188
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Copyright © The Classical Association 1992

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