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Auteur(s) : McLaughlin, Raoul
Titre(s) : The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean [Texte imprimé] : the ancient world economy and the kingdoms of Africa, Arabia and India / Raoul McLaughlin
Publication : Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2014
Description matérielle : xix, 276 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-269) and index
Ancient evidence suggests that international commerce supplied the Roman government
with up to a third of the revenues that sustained their empire. Large fleets of Roman
freighters set sail from Egypt on voyages to kingdoms on the east coasts of Africa
and southern Arabia. Many of these ships continued their voyages across the ocean
to trade with the distant, resource-rich kingdoms of ancient India. Merchant vessels
from the Roman Empire left with wine and bullion to return with cargoes of valuable
trade goods, including exotic African products, Arabian incense and eastern spices.
This book investigates contacts between the Roman Empire and the African kingdoms,
including the Nilotic regime of Meroe and the Aksumite Realm in Ethiopia. It explores
Roman dealings with merchants from the ancient rock-carved city of Petra and the Arab
kingdoms of south Arabia, including the Saba-Himyarites and the Hadramawt regime.
It also considers the Roman naval base on the Farasan Islands, guarding the entrance
to the Red Sea, 600 miles outside the Empire. Further chapters examine Roman commerce
with Indian kingdoms including those of the Indus region, the Deccan Plateau and the
southern Tamil lands. These contacts brought Roman merchant ships into the Bay of
Bengal and along trade routes that led to Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and ultimately
the Han empire of ancient China
Sujet(s) : Routes commerciales -- Antiquité
Commerce extérieur -- Rome -- Indien, Océan (région)
Commerce extérieur -- Indien, Océan (région) -- Rome
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781783463817. - ISBN 1783463813 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb455330591
Notice n° :
FRBNF45533059
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