I pavimenti decorati a ciottoli di età tardo-classica ed ellenistica attestati in Italia Meridionale rivestono un grande interesse documentario in quanto espressione paradigmatica dell’originalità della cultura musiva magno-greca, da un lato, ed italica, dall’altro. We have identified a dense network of road infrastructure with relatively straight sections and a lot of local roads and bridges, connecting the settlements in the territory of Nicopolis ad Nestum. Also the locations of custom-houses have been found at the border between Parthicopolis and Nicopolis ad Nestum.
The elements of infrastructure have been established: primary and secondary roads, crossings, facilities and roadside stations. There were several newly built roadbeds that were important for the area and connected Nicopolis with Via Diagonalis and Via Egnatia. Road construction in the area has been traced chronologically from the pre-Roman roads to the Roman primary and secondary ones for the ancient city. The Roman city of Nicopolis ad Nestum inherited road connections from pre-Roman times, which were further developed. We have gathered the preserved parts of roads with bridges, together with the results of archaeological studies and data about the settlements alongside these roads. Our research was carried out in the period 2010-2015. The road network of main and secondary roads for Nicopolis ad Nestum has not been studied comprehensively so far. After analysing the regional contexts, wider view in distribution patterns involving thracian city economy will be considered. The results obtained will produce a specific overview to be compared to similar realities out of the researched area.
Following on, evidence from various sources will be used to map what we know about the distribution of the Sinopean wine, in particular in the western coast of the Black Sea. In the first part of this study will be considered the two groups of amphorae that used to transport Sinopean wine from the 2nd to the 4th-5th century AD. This investigation will analyse, through using amphoras as key-evidences, the phenomenon that controlled trading networks, and long-distance maritime routes in particular, since these would have been conditioned by political and economic evolutions.
Although some recent studies treat the presence of Pontic wine in the Mediterranean sites, we are still far from outlining a comprehensive model, which would explain the usual patterns existing in Antiquity. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the widespread diffusion of the Sinopean wine and its importance as evidence for economic and social exchange in Thrace during Roman and Late Roman times.
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