Roman Pottery Bibliograhpy - J.R.P.S. Vol 3, page 125

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Rhineland. Its products, which Drag form 17 and Ritterling form 5 seem to include only one (circular) stamp, P. Flos, but examples have been found at Neuss, Cologne, Andernach, Mainz and Weisbaden. Chemical analysis is also used to show that this was indeed a local production, not merely a variant of Italian type. 678 Will, EL, ‘Shipping Amphoras as Economic Indicators’, Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautores, Acta XXV/XXVI, 1987, 71-77. syn/trd/esp. late Republic to early Empire (amp - not illustrated) A general discussion on the nature (and risks) of the amphora trade, with a concentration on the fluctuating fortunes of production centres, wine industries and ports. "It will be noted that the conclusions to which the study of amphoras leads us run counter to recent efforts on		the parts of some scholars to suggest that trade was not profit-oriented, that it was rarely a source of great wealth, that the status of traders was generally low, that ancient towns were centres of consumption, not of production, that markets were not interdependent (C R. Garnsey P, Hopkins, K & Whittaker, C R, eds, Trade in the Ancient Economy, University of Calif. Press, 1983). Undoubtedly there is an element of truth in such generalizations, but on the whole the Roman shipping amphoras indicate that the Roman economy was instead governed by the response of manufacturers and shippers to the demands of an extensive network of interdependent markets. A pattern of energetic competition emerges as the dominant economic characteristic, especially during the last two centuries of the Republic and the early imperial period".

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