Previous works on ancient olive oil and wine produc-tion in the ancient Mediterranean (Frankel 1999; Brun 2003b, 2004) and North Africa (Mattingly 1985; 1988a-d; 1993; 1994; 1995; 2009; Mattingly and Hitchner 1993) have broadened our knowledge on specifications, tech-niques and scale of production of Roman presses. These works discuss how this significantly contributed to …