A Late Roman ceramic production from Pompeii

► Via Lepanto site is an examples testifying the early reconstruction and occupation of Vesuvian region after 79 AD eruption. ► Via Lepanto site was a part of a Late Roman exchange network, here pottery was individually distributed. ► Potters exploited low-CaO clays mixed with selected volcanics to produce high quality ceramics. ► Use of different protocols aimed at achieving the same product with different quality and costs.