Medieval and Modern Italian Ceramics in the Northern Black Sea Region
Journal: Cercetări Arheologice
Year: 2025

From the latter half of the 13th century, Italian maritime republics, particularly Genoa, Venice, and Pisa, became major political and commercial actors in the Black Sea region. They established a vast trade and communication network that functioned effectively until the late 15th-century Ottoman conquests. Numerous written sources document their trade, military, and religious activities along the eastern periphery of the Mediterranean Sea routes. Material evidence of their daily life in the Nor