Arles et la basse vallée du Rhône : un centre névralgique de la production et du commerce du vin de Narbonnaise au Haut-Empire

The river that runs through it is one of the main commercial arteries of the Roman world. Its presence made wine production in the area even more profitable. A comparison of the excavations carried out in the port of Arles, its outports and the surrounding countryside, on the one hand, and the studies carried out in the Empire's consumer centres, on the other, perfectly illustrates that most of the wine exported over long distances came from the Lower Rhône wine estates.

The study of...