I. Definition and Delimitation
Modern technical term for a kind of plateware of Roman fine ceramics (pottery II) with red surface and usually a name stamp. Writers of antiquity (e.g. Pin. nat. 35,160) seem to suggest a connection with Samian Ware ( Samia vasa ) [1]. TS developed around 40 BC in the west out of black-glaze ware. Black variants precede the red TS in Arezzo (Arretium) and the Po Valley (Padus). The existence of a precursor ‘red’ stage, a so-cal…