Further reading

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There is a surprising shortfall of publications dealing specifically with Roman ships. The two archaeological reports listed below are both out of print, although the first is available online. For other books on the Romans, visit our special section on the Roman occupation and go to any of the individual programmes listed under 'Related links'.

Roman shipping and trade: Britain and the Rhine provinces by Joan du Plat Taylor and Henry Cleere (editors) CBA Research Report No 24 (1978)
The Archaeology Data Service hosts all the CBA Research Reports online. This one is available at: http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/library/cba/rr24.cfm

A ship of the Roman period, from Blackfriars, in the City of London by Peter Marsden (Guildhall Museum, 1967)
The Blackfriars vessel was a Romano-British sailing barge of the second century, which sank in the river Thames while carrying a cargo of building stone. It is especially noteworthy as an example of the ancient shipbuilding tradition of Celtic north-western Europe, which differed from the Greco-Roman tradition of the Mediterranean. The wreck was discovered in September 1962 during construction work near the north end of the Blackfriars bridge in London. Archaeological excavations were carried out by the Guildhall Museum in 1962 and 1963 under the direction of Peter Marsden.

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