Connectivity in the Western Mediterranean

The BSR seeks to sustain a broad interest in the western Mediterranean from antiquity to the modern period. The connectivity across the Mediterranean, between east and west, north and south, and via rivers and roads into the hinterland, has led to work on transport of physical objects, and movement of people and ideas, from antiquity to the present day.

The BSR hosts the Roman Port Networks Project, which aims to analyze the relationships between Portus and other ports in the Mediterranean from the perspective of the co-presence of traded amphorae and marble.

The Portus Project has been one of the most successful archaeological projects of recent years, and a case study for the combination of methods and for public dissemination of results. Portus was Rome’s greatest harbour and exemplifies Mediterranean connectivity.

Award-Holders since 2008

Victoria Leitch (Oxford): Roman North African cookwares in the Mediterranean: production, diffusion and typological reference
Alun Williams (Cardiff): Colonization in the western Mediterranean: case-studies of Greek, Roman and Phoenician colonies in Italy, Sicily and Sardinia
Katia Schoerle (Oxford): The coastal villas of Lepcis Magna: production, landscape and economic ties to Rome
Michael Carr (Institute of Historical Research): Trade and crusade between the Italian maritime republics and the Turks: 1300-1500
Ana Maria Suarez Huerta: Travels across Europe in the eighteenth century: the unique case of Spain

Selected Publications since 2008

Selected Portus Publications may be found here