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SE Asia was not exactly a known "major" Roman trading route. Do you know otherwise?
by dr_dshiv 5y ago
SE Asia was not exactly a known "major" Roman trading route. Do you know otherwise?
- marginalia_nu 5y agoRome had ports in the Red Sea, and during Trajan briefly also in the Gulf of Persia. I would think it was stranger if they didn't have exchange along that route. Perhaps not as prolific as the trade along the landed silk road, but there's a smattering of roman coins and artifacts all over SEA.
- dr_dshiv 5y agoBut this is in Indonesia, etc... They made contact with China during Marcus Aurelius but then plague came back and the trade collapsed. I don't think roman trade went so far