Evidence of Greek, Carthaginian and Etruscan maritime commerce south of the Tyrrhenian : the Maltese case

Abstract

I feel I should commence by thanking Prof. Tony Hackens and Dr. Francois Widemann on behalf of the Centro Universitario Europeo for kindly inviting me to take part in an active way in this symposium. When I first received the invitation to present a report at this meeting with the proposed title, I very cautiously declined. I did so for two reasons : in the first place, because having in the last ten years dedicated myself almost entirely to archaeology related to the Maltese islands, I judged myself unfit to tackle any aspect strictly connected with the theme, and secondly, because I felt that Malta lay too much outside the Tyrrhenian sphere to be the focus of a paper in this symposium.