Introductory—Geographical and historical limits—Clay and glaze—Technical processes—Stamps and moulds—_Barbotine_ and other methods—Kilns found in Britain, Gaul, and Germany—Use of earthenware among the Romans—Echea—Dolia and Amphorae—Inscriptions on amphorae—Cadus, Ampulla, and Lagena —Drinking-cups—Dishes—Sacrificial vases—Identification of names 430–473 CHAPTER XXII _ROMAN POTTERY, HISTORICALLY TREATED; ARRETINE WARE_ Roman Pottery mentioned by ancient writers—“Samian” ware—Centres of fabric—The pottery of Arretium—Characteristics—Potters’ stamps—Shapes of Arretine vases—Sources of inspiration for decoration—“Italian Megarian bowls”—Subjects—Distribution of Arretine wares 474–496 CHAPTER XXIII _ROMAN POTTERY (continued); PROVINCIAL FABRICS_ Distribution of Roman pottery in Europe—Transition from Arretine to provincial wares—_Terra sigillata_—Shapes and centres of fabric—Subjects—Potters’ stamps—Vases with _barbotine_ decoration—The fabrics of Gaul—St. Rémy—Graufesenque—“Marbled” vases—Vases with inscriptions (Banassac)—Lezoux—Vases with medallions (Southern Gaul)—Fabrics of Germany—_Terra sigillata_ in Britain—Castor ware—Upchurch and New Forest wares—Plain pottery—_Mortaria_—Conclusion 497–555 INDEX 557 LIST OF PLATES IN VOLUME II (_Except where otherwise noted, the objects are in the British Museum_) PLATE XLIX. Attic black-figured hydria: Harnessing of horses to chariot (_colours_) _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE L. Contest of Athena and Poseidon: vase at Petersburg (from Baumeister) 24 LI. Kotyle by Hieron: Triptolemos at Eleusis 26 LII. The Under-world, from an Apulian vase at Munich (from Furtwaengler and Reichhold) 66 LIII. Helios and Stars (the Blacas krater) 78 LIV. The Sack of Troy: kylix by Brygos in Louvre (from Furtwaengler and Reichhold) 134 LV. Scenes from funeral lekythi (Prothesis and cult of tomb) 158 LVI. Early Etruscan red ware 300 LVII. Etruscan hut-urn and Bucchero ware 302 LVIII. Etruscan imitations of Greek vases 308 LIX. Etruscan antefix and sarcophagus 316 LX. Sarcophagus of Seianti Thanunia 322 LXI. Roman mural reliefs: Zeus and Dionysos 366