It would grow. :’D Olive trees were cultivated not least because the oil could be used for illumination and heat as well as cooking. Thanks Red_Devil 232! I considered sending this article in hopes you’d post it. ;’)
The article dates the ship to c. 400 BC and then says it is from ‘the late classical period’. 400 BC would be the early classical period, much earlier than that would be ‘ancient civilization’. 400 AD would be ‘the late classical period’.