Roman wine shop unearthed in Greece

Archaeological excavations at the ancient city of Sikyon (Sicyon) in the northern Peloponnese have unveiled that the 1,600-year-old structure, potentially devastated by an earthquake, served as a wine shop

Archaeologists working in the ancient city of Sikyon (Sicyon) on the northern coast of Greece’s Moray Peninsula have uncovered a 1,600-year-old Roman-era structure used as a wine shop and probably destroyed by an earthquake.

Experts investigating the wine shop unearthed coins, marble table pieces and various vessels made of bronze, glass and ceramics, news website Live Science reported.

Associate professor Scott Gallimore of the archaeology department at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada and associate professor Martin Wells of Austin College explained that there is no direct evidence indicating the specific types of wine sold in the shop. While grape seeds (vitis vinifera) were discovered, the researchers are currently unable to provide more detailed information on the varieties of wine available at that time.

Gallimore explained in an email to Live Science that most of the coins discovered date to the reign of Constantius II from 337 to 361. The most recent coin in the collection was minted between 355 and 361.

The building complex, including this wine shop, is thought to have been abandoned in the early fifth century A.D., possibly around the time of the catastrophic event.

Source: Newsroom