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Indo-Roman Trade (Duckworth Debates in Archaeology)

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I always wanted to read something about this topic, as there were many indication of contacts between ancient Rome and ancient India, but nothing specific. These contacts help to explain for example possible Indian influence on Gnostics in Egypt, the occurance of a statue of an Indian goddess in Pompei, mocaics showing Asian tigers in arenas etc. The book brings together archeological finds along the route and written documents and helps to understand the scale of these contacts.

Not too much I can say except that this is a one-of-a-kind book on the subject of the Indo-Roman trade system. It's not what one would call a "scholarly" book and it's easy to read, yet it is very thorough with plenty of references to the archaeological evidence. But that's intended as a complement! For the layman interested in Roman history, this fills a gap that isn't talked about very much. It's a valued reference to my collection of books about the Roman Empire.