Ancient Rome and wine Gaul. The Romans established lucrative trading relations with local tribes of Gaul, despite their potential to produce wine of their own. The Gallic tribes paid high prices for Roman wine, with a single amphora worth the value of a slave. From the Mediterranean coast, the Romans pushed further up the Rhone Valley, to areas where olives and figs were unable to grow but where oak trees were still found. As a result of their experience in what is now northeastern Italy, the Romans knew that regions where "Quercus ilex" were found had climates sufficiently warm enough to allow the full
Red-necked stint they feed on intertidal mudflats and along the muddy margins of freshwater lakes. They mainly eat insects and other small invertebrates. Red-necked stint The red-necked stint ("Calidris ruficollis") is a small migratory wader. The genus name is from Ancient Greek "kalidris" or "skalidris", a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific "ruficollis" is from Latin "rufus", "red" and "collum", "neck". These birds are among the smallest of waders, very similar to the little stint, "Calidris minuta", with which they were once considered conspecific. The red-necked stint's small size, fine dark bill, dark legs and quicker movements