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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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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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 ...
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 ...
The transformation of the Roman Empire into what modern historians call Byzantium was not a single event but a gradual ...
Yet Trimalchio was mistaken. He had not reckoned with Kim Bowes, professor of ancient history and archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania, and a revolution in our understanding of the economic ...
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