The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean : the ancient world economy and the kingdoms of Africa, Arabia and India / Raoul McLaughlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McLaughlin, Raoul, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--Commerce--India.

Rome.

India--Commerce--Rome.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The ancient evidence suggests that international commerce supplied Roman government with up to a third of the revenues that sustained their empire. In ancient times large fleets of Roman merchant ships set sail from Egypt on voyages across the Indian Ocean. They sailed from Roman ports on the Red Sea to distant kingdoms on the east coast of Africa and the seaboard off southern Arabia. Many continued their voyages across the ocean to trade with the rich kingdoms of ancient India. Freighters from the Roman Empire left with bullion and returned with cargo holds filled with valuable trade goods, i

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Plates; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Ancient Figures and Modern Estimates; Ancient Greek and Roman Authors; Introduction: The Ancient Economy; Chapter 1: Revenue and the Roman Economy; Chapter 2: Roman Prosperity; Chapter 3: Incense: A Unique Product; Chapter 4: The Intermediaries: Petra and the Nabataeans; Chapter 5: Beyond Egypt: The Nile Route and the African Kingdom of Meroe; Chapter 6: The Red Sea Route; Chapter 7: The Scale and Significance of Indian Ocean Trade; Chapter 8: International Business

Chapter 9: East Africa and the Aksumite KingdomChapter 10: Southern Arabia and the Saba-Himyarites; Chapter 11: Arabia Felix and the Hadramawt Kingdom; Chapter 12: The Indo-Parthians; Chapter 13: The Saka and Satavahana Kingdoms; Chapter 14: The Tamil Kingdoms of Southern India; Chapter 15: The Anuradhapura Kingdom of Sri Lanka and the Far East; Chapter 16: The Antun Embassy to China and the Antonine Pandemic; Conclusion: Assessing the Roman Economy; Appendix A: The Roman Economy; Appendix B: Reconstructing Roman Revenues; Appendix C: The Expense of the Roman Legions; Notes; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 8, 2014).

ISBN:

9781526738073

1526738074

9781473840959

1473840953

9781473840423

1473840422