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A matter of taste? Ancient Italian consumers and Eastern Mediterranean wines - P. KOMAR 2021. Eastern Wines on Western Tables: Consumption, Trade and Economy in Ancient Italy. Mnemosyne Supplements: History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity, Volume 435. Leiden: Brill. 390 pp. ISBN 978-90-04-43370-0 (hardback).

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P. KOMAR 2021. Eastern Wines on Western Tables: Consumption, Trade and Economy in Ancient Italy. Mnemosyne Supplements: History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity, Volume 435. Leiden: Brill. 390 pp. ISBN 978-90-04-43370-0 (hardback).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2023

Jennifer L. Muslin*
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Loyola University Chicago

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