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occurs frequently on pottery found at Eome, and in the Italian 

 Provinces, and at Arezzo itself ; it occurs also frequently in the 

 Gaulish Provinces, and even as far afield as Egypt. He may have 

 been one of the pioneers who carried this Italian industry into 

 Gaul, for the actual site of his workshops is still uncertain ; it may 

 have been either in Northern Italy or Southern Gaul ; one authority 

 thinking it not improbable that he had works in both these 

 localities. 1 



The date of this potter is, however, less uncertain, various dis- 

 coveries going to prove that he was in full activity during the reign 

 of Augustus. To give one instance only, the stamp of Ateivs has 

 been found at Haltern, in Westphalia, a site that is known to have 

 been abandoned by the Eomans in the year 16 A.D. 



The later Gaulish potters eventually struck out on new lines of 

 their own, and seem by successful competition to have practically 

 shut up the potteries of Arezzo, and to have traded their wares to 

 all parts of the Empire, even into Italy and to Eome itself. It is 

 this late red glazed Gaulish ware that is usually known in this 

 country as " Samian " ware. Discoveries at Pompeii show that 

 this later Gaulish red ware* was being made and exported before 

 79 A.D., and other discoveries show the manufacture to have been 

 in full activity by the year 100 A.D. 2 The absence, therefore, of 

 this ware from the rubbish heap at Oare affords interesting negative 

 evidence, confirming the early date of the site. It is only reasonable 

 to suppose that people who were in a position to use imported 

 foreign wares, such as the red Arretine and black and white Belgic 

 and Gaulish wares, would also have had some of the red Gaulish 

 " Samian " so comparatively common at a little later date, had 

 it been already in the market in their time. The fact of its com- 

 mon occurrence on Eomano-British sites of a little later date 

 emphasizes its absence from Oare. 



1 For particulars of the potter ATEIVS see " Les Vases Ceramiques 

 Ornes de la Gaule Romaine" by J. Dechelette, 1904, p. 16 ; and Mr. H. B. 

 "Walter's paper on an Arretine Vase in ths Proc. Cambridge Antiquarian 

 Society, No. XL VIII., 1908. 



* " Les Vases Ceramiques Ornes de la Gaule Romaine" Dechelette. 



