Ricerc@Sapienza

This paper aims at reconsidering the subject of the relationships between Bronze Age Italian communities and eastern Mediterranean sailors during the 2nd millennium BC. In particular the historic trajectories of the Tyrrhenian regions and those of the Adriatic regions of Italy are compared and contrasted, taking into account their involvement in maritime exchange networks. 10 years ago the authors dealt with this subject.

An unusual massive beaching of about two hundred specimens of the ophichthid eel Dalophis imberbis in the Central Mediterranean Sea was documented with in situ photographs and direct observations of beached specimens. No records of massive beaching of this species are reported in literature and only isolated specimens of D. imberbis were sporadically found beached. This event might be directly related to a severe wintry storm that affected the Latium coast from 2 to 5 March 2017.