The Roman town of Ocriculum was very important in its position on the Via Flaminia and the Tiber, and is crucial for our understanding of river communications. The port was used for the commerce of oil from the Sabina, and its flourishing brick industry can still be evidenced in the buildings of Rome. Many of the statues and mosaics from the town are now on display in the Vatican museums. Alongside the impressive imperial buildings, including an amphitheatre, theatre and baths, the material culture of the site attests the great wealth of the town.

Publications:

Hay, S., Keay, S., Millett, M. and Sly, T. (Forthcoming). Urban field-survey at Ocriculum (Otricoli, Umbria). In F. Coarelli and H. Patterson (eds) Mercator Placidissimus. The Tiber Valley in Antiquity. New Research in the Upper and Middle Valley. Rome: Quasar.

Interim reports:

Keay, S. and Millett, M. (with contributions from J.Taylor, S. Poppy and J. Robinson) 1999. Roman Towns in the middle Tiber Valley. Papers of the British School at Rome 67: 419-421

Millett, M. and Keay, S. 2001. Tiber Valley Towns Project 2000. Papers of the British School at Rome 69: 410-413

Millett, M. and Keay, S. 2003. Tiber Valley Towns: fieldwork in 2002. Papers of the British School at Rome 71: 317-8

Millett, M. and Keay, S. 2004. Tiber Valley Towns: fieldwork in 2003. Papers of the British School at Rome 72: 372-3