The paper aims at analysing the occurence of the stamp ARRETINVM on the Imperial red slip ware.
The analysis of the epigrafic data
in conjunction with several examples where the stamp is
accompanied by the name of a specific manufacturing or geographical sites could
imply the existence of a general market of imitations. In some occurrences, similar stamps are, in fact, recorded on vases which were not
produced in
Arezzo. The Roman giuridic
information and the ceramic evidence will be examined in order to understand the responsability
of an individual or group of individuals involved in pottery production and the social and economic dimension of the imitations of the ARRETINVM stamp within the Roman laws.