hic sunt leones (vel canes), Mediterranean imports in Central Europe before the oppida and some other things

Abstract

the main topic of the presentation were the (extremely rare) Mediteranean imports in 4th-3rd century central Europe. some new entries were presented, general explanation of the phenomenon was searched, and attention was driven to the 2nd and 1st centuries in which objects inspired by the earlier imports kept being produced in the transalpine world.

Keywords

• Němčice nad Hanou
• hellenistic
• situla
• toreutics
• LT B–C
• Mediteranean and Central Europe
• imitation.