Ancient literary sources concerning fishing and fish processing in the Black Sea region
Journal: STUDIA ANTIQUA ET ARCHAEOLOGICA
Year: 2015

This article proposes a revision of the ancient literary sources concerning the conservation of fish stocks in the Black Sea region in Greek and Roman classical antiquity. The abundance and the chronological variety of the sources indicate, on the one hand, that these economic activities have always been part of people’s lives, and on the other hand the quality of Pontic fish products, known from Britannia to Egypt . It seeks, in addition to spatial and chronological approach, the types of sourc