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Roman Empire imports of silk and luxury goods (1st–4th centuries CE)

Roman Empire imports of silk and luxury goods (1st–4th centuries CE)

  1. Augustus reports embassies from Indian kings

    Labels: Augustus, India
  2. Rome annexes Egypt, boosting eastern trade routes

    Labels: Roman Egypt, Red Sea
  3. Periplus describes Roman Indian Ocean trade network

    Labels: Periplus, Erythraean Sea
  4. Muziris emerges as a key Indian Ocean exchange port

    Labels: Muziris, Malabar Coast
  5. Pliny criticizes luxury imports and outflow of money

    Labels: Pliny the
  6. Maes Titianus expedition reaches the “Stone Tower”

    Labels: Maes Titianus, Stone Tower
  7. Ptolemy compiles Silk Road geography for Roman readers

    Labels: Ptolemy, Geography
  8. Sasanian dynasty replaces Parthians in Persia

    Labels: Sasanian dynasty, Persia
  9. Early Roman–Sasanian wars disrupt eastern corridors

    Labels: Roman Sasanian
  10. Third-century crisis strains coin flow and long-distance trade

    Labels: Third-century crisis
  11. Sasanian silk textiles spread westward into Roman spaces

    Labels: Sasanian textiles
  12. Late Roman state expands regulation and elite display

    Labels: Late Roman