“Once Upon a Harbour”: Considerations about the Harbour of Reggio Calabria Until 1060 A. D.

In this paper, I would like to put in evidence new considerations and new studies about the ancient harbour of Reggio Calabria, with regard to the “state of the art” and in order to express how the strait of Messina was so important in the ancient world in every single feature as a “strategic place”, both in trade and in war.