Issu d'une communication au VIe Colloque international du Groupe d’Histoire des Zones Humides : Zones humides et ArchéologieInternational audienceBetween 2005 and 2016, the ancient harbour of Ratiatum (Rezé, Loire-Atlantique) was the subject of planned archaeological excavations which focused on the study of riverbank developments and Roman warehouses in the Saint-Lupien district. This eastern part of the agglomeration urbanized from the years 20-50 of our era and reached its commercial apogee in the course of the second century. Reporting to the city of Pictons, this city spread over about fi fty hectares along the edge of an arm of the Loire which turned progressively into a clogged waterway from the third century onwards.Since 2013, resea...