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Monte Testaccio

Monte Testaccio is an artificial hill in Rome, about 35 m high, made almost entirely of broken amphorae discarded between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE. Most of them held olive oil imported from Baetica in southern Spain, and their stamps and painted labels are a major source for the Roman oil trade and the city's food supply.

Monte Testaccio
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Hispania Baetica

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Monte Testaccio. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/monte-testaccio
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