Rome and the Indian Ocean Trade from Augustus to the Early Third Century CEIn Rome and the Indian Ocean Trade from Augustus to the Early Third Century CE Matthew Adam Cobb explores the development of commercial exchanges between the Mediterranean world and civilisations in East Africa, Southern Arabia and the India from the Augustan period to the early third century CE. |
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 2 The Ptolemies and the Erythra Thalassa | 28 |
Chapter 3 Organisation and Finance | 61 |
Chapter 4 The Roman State and the Indian Ocean Trade | 92 |
Chapter 5 Trade Routes and Merchant Diasporas | 127 |
Chapter 6 Imports | 180 |
Chapter 7 Exports | 216 |
Chapter 8 Romes Trade Balance with India | 272 |
Chapter 9 The Peak of Roman Trade in the Indian Ocean | 287 |
Chapter 10 Conclusion | 303 |
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