Imperial Rome, Indian Ocean Regions and Muziris: New Perspectives on Maritime TradeK.S. Mathew The battle of Actium waged in 31 BC and the annexation of Egypt in 30 BC to the Roman Empire opened up avenues for increased commercial contact between the Roman Empire, South Asia in general and India in particular and the port of Muziris was the premier trading post of India. In this volume, eminent international scholars from the USA, Switzerland, United Kingdom, France, Italy as well as India provide detailed analysis of maritime trade in the Indian Ocean region in the early historic period. |
Contents
The Role | |
The Odyssey | |
Roman Ports on the Red Sea and their Contacts with | |
Maritime Trade Contacts of Odisha East Coast | |
Assessing the Early Historic Indian Ocean Trade | |
New Data on | |
Muziris and the Trajectories of Maritime Trade | |
Schidai or Ivory Trimmings | |
The Roman Pottery from Pattanam Roberta Tomber | |
Indigenous and Foreign Coins in | |
Bibliography | |
ALESSANDRA AVANZINI | |
An Overview | |
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