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<p><i>The Periplus Maris Erythraei</i>, "Circumnavigation of the Red Sea," is the single most important source of information for ancient Rome's maritime trade in these waters (i.e., the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and western Indian Ocean). Written in the first century A.D. by a Greek merchant or skipper, it is a short manual for the traders who sailed from the Red Sea ports of Roman Egypt to buy and sell in the various ports along the coast of eastern Africa, southern Arabia, and western India. Thi

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Author
Casson, Lionel
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Published
2012
Language
EN
ISBN
9781400843206
Category
history
Subjects
History, Political Science, Business
Updated
2026-03-25

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