Samian Ware (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a red-glazed terracotta pottery produced in Gaul and the Moselle Valley a.d. 100–300 and copied from Arretine ware.
noun
  1. a fine earthenware pottery, reddish-brown or black in colour, found in large quantities on Roman sites
  2. the earlier pottery from which this developed, an imitation of a type of Greek pottery, made during the first century bc at Arretium
Samian Ware (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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