Amphora Workshop of Fasana

[1] The workshop started to produce tiles and ceramics in the latter part of the reign of Augustus.

[1] The olive oil, which together with the wine was the most important product produced in Istria in Roman times, was then exported to the area of the Danubian basin, in the areas of present-day Austria, Hungary and Slovenia, and to the west along the Po up to Turin and Vercelli,[2] also reaching the other parts of the empire, including Rome.

Because the latter died without heirs in 78 AD, the workshop then passed to the Roman Emperor upon his death[2] (that is, Vespasian).

[4][5] Among the amphorae produced in Fasana are the Dressel 6B and Lamboglia 2, in which was stored the olive oil.

[1][6] A striking feature of the amphorae produced here are the signatures (Amethysti, Crescentis, Viatoris, Opi, etc.)