Naslov
Il ruolo delle città portuali nelle dinamiche del commercio tra Adriatico e Ionio nell'alto Medioevo (V-IX sec.)
(The role of ports in the dynamics of commerce between the Adriatic and Ionic sea in the early middle ages)

Autori
Cirelli, Enrico

Izvornik
Hortus artium medievalium : journal of the International Research Center for Late Antiquity and Middle Ages (1330-7274) 22 (2016), 1; 33-42

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Trade, cities, ports, Adriatic, routes

Sažetak
Between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages the routes that connected East and West underwent many changes. New archaeological discoveries show the economic vitality of some Ionian port cities close Corfu’s channel during the 7th and 8th century, in contrast to other Mediterranean regions. Some pottery contexts found in the ports of Saranda, Butrint and Durres are framed perfectly in the dynamics of Mediterranean trade, with substantial growth of quantity of finds especially at this time. This trend is very different from what occurred in Middle and North Adriatic sites. The numerous contexts so far studied a spike in imports towards the middle of the fifth century and a consistent volume of trade until the middle of the 6th century. In this period we observed in the Adriatic port-cities a turnaround of imports from North Africa, towards the Eastern Mediterranean products, that Justinian war was not only a military conquest but also the supremacy of Eastern merchants in Western ports.

Izvorni jezik
Ita

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