Projects
♦ ERC CoG MarDepend - Maritime Dependencies in Antiquity / A Maritime History of Syracuse (2025 – 2030)
MarDepend seeks to understand the existential dependency of states and communities on maritime trade. It aims to analyse and quantify how trade, geography, and conflict were interrelated in antiquity, with a focus on the city-state of Syracuse in Sicily. The study will explore economic structures, trade balance, and the impact of maritime routes on trade during both peace and war. Syracuse, a key maritime power from the early 5th century BCE until being conquered by Rome in 212 BCE, serves as a case study. Its position at the crossroads of ancient maritime trade, from which it engaged with a wide range of actors, makes it particularly relevant and provides a wealth of evidence, in quantity and quality, conducive to quantitative economic analysis. Building on the case of Syracuse, MarDepend seeks to establish maritime dependencies as a framework for comprehending global trade and political dynamics across diverse historical periods. MarDepend, characterised by an interdisciplinary approach and a broad methodological basis, combines historical research, archaeology, marine engineering, oceanography, and economic theory through modelling of wind, waves, and currents, measuring the performance of ancient ships, reconstructing trade routes through simulations, analysing material evidence (coins, inscriptions, amphorae), and developing a formal economic model for ancient trade.
♦ The Amphora Stamps of the Kerameikos (2024–2029)
Together with Dr. Mateo González Vázquez, all amphora stamps from the Kerameikos excavation (KGA) will be studied and published.
♦ TreAsurE - Treveris Amphorae Survey and the local Economy
In collaboration with JProf. Dr. Patrick Reinard and Dr. Mateo González Vázquez, this interdisciplinary project examines Roman amphora findings from Augusta Treverorum and the Treveri region. Based on a material analysis and an evaluation of the tituli picti, the project will focus on the economic history of Roman Trier, particularly questions concerning local and long-distance trade.
► Messfahrten mit einem römischen Handelsschiff (Flyer). Das Highlight des Projektes? Die Bissula segelt zurück aufs Mittelmeer - genau dort, wo das Original vor fast 2000 Jahren gesegelt ist.
► Ad Porta(m) - ein Projekt von Studierenden der Universität Trier
Die Broschüre bietet einen Einblick ins Geschichtsstudium an der Universität Trier. Sie entstand im Rahmen der Veranstaltung "Schreibwerkstatt" im Praxismodul Arbeitstechniken und Schlüsselqualifikationen.
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