Roman naturalist Pliny reports that in the first century C.E., red coral was gathered in the Gulf of Lions, along the west coast of the Italian peninsula, and around Sicily.
Naturalis Romawi Plinius melaporkan bahwa pada abad pertama M, koral merah dikumpulkan di Teluk Lions, di sepanjang pesisir barat semenanjung Italia, dan di sekitar Sisilia.