International Commerce and Imperial Policy 31 BC - AD 305
by
Gary K Young
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2003
The spectacular ruins of such places as Palmyra and Petra bear witness to the wealth and power which could be derived from the silks, spices and incense of the east. Such goods were highly prized in the Roman Empire, and merchants were ready to face the perils of deserts, oceans, warfare and piracy...