Descrizione

Altersgem�sehr guter Zustand / very good condition for age - The Roman government actively participated in, promoted and profited by �international� commerce with South Arabia, India and Sri Lanka ( Ceylon ) between 30 B.C. and A.D. 217. -- The book summarizes Ptolemaic Erythraean Sea trade activity and then investigates the volume of this trade and the type and cost of the trade goods in the Roman period. The book analyzes the social status and �nationality� of the merchants and the Roman government�s facilitation of the commerce through harbor, road and canal construction. Examination shows a fairly consistent Roman governmental policy vis-�is this trade for the two and one-half centuries under consideration. -- This book synthesizes evidence never before considered in discussions of Roman economic policy. There are novel suggestions about the nature of this commerce and its effects upon the regional economies of the eastern Roman provinces of Egypt, Arabia, Judaea and Syria. ISBN 9789004076440