Abstract
Archaeological, archaeometric and epigraphic research, carried out in certain amphora-producing areas between Latium and Campania and on some thirty Roman-period shipwrecks, has provided new data on the production and large-scale circulation of Tyrrhenian wines in the western Mediterranean. The chronology of the development of Italian vineyards can be traced back a century, and the role of Campania first, and then certain areas of southern Lazio, in the production and export of wine is increasingly clear, thanks to the study of amphorae and the development of " l'archéologie rurale ".
