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The Roman Empire and the silk routes the ancient world economy and the empires of Parthia, Central Asia and Han China Raoul McLaughlin

A fascinating history of the intricate web of trade routes connecting ancient Rome to Eastern civilizations, including its powerful rival, the Han Empire. The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes ...
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A Glacier Reveals the Rise and Fall of the Roman Economy

A year-by-year economic history of the Roman Empire might seem as impossible to reconstruct as the lost 107 books of Livy’s history of Rome. Yet something close to such a record has now been retrieved ...
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Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too – and created other economic problems along the way

Tariffs are back in the headlines this week, with United States President Donald Trump introducing sweeping new tariffs of at least 10% on a vast range of goods imported to the US. For some countries ...
Greek Reporter

The Ancient Road That Connected Rome With Byzantium

The Via Egnatia was an ancient Roman road that ran from the Adriatic Sea to Byzantium, connecting northern ancient Greek ...
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When did slavery end in ancient Rome?

Slavery was a core part of life in ancient Rome—for both its economy and society. But when did it actually end? In this video ...
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All roads in ancient Rome stretched far longer than previously known, study shows

As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and those roads stretched 50% longer than previously known, according to a new digital atlas published Thursday. The last major atlas of ancient Roman ...
Newsweek

How Pollution in Ancient Rome Lowered IQ of Population

Lead pollution likely led to widespread declines in IQ during the ancient Roman era, a study has found. The negative health effects of lead exposure in modernity have been widely recognized. Over the ...