The Roman Empire and the Wider World: The Two-Way Trade of Goods, Culture, Knowledge and Religion

by Paul Chrystal

Much has been written about the great extent encompassed by the Roman Empire's borders, their armies' attempts to expand and defend them, and about the extent to which 'Romanization' imposed a uniform culture within them. But far less attention has been lavished on Rome's relations with the wider world that lay beyond these porous borders. A citizen shopping in the jostling market of a Roman city could buy amber or fur from Scandinavia, ivory from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399035711
• ISBN13: 9781399035712
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Pen and Sword History
• Length: 240 Pages