Primeval roads charted by spice carriers
Primeval roads charted by spice carriers 1 hour ago Spice route (ANTARA/HO-dok pri) Another language of luxury -- taste -- also becomes an addiction that sometimes makes humans lose their minds. In pursuit of this, the Romans, at the start of the reign of Emperor Octavian Augustus, around 27 BC, spent a hundred million sestertius annually to import pepper, other spices, pearls, and silk from China as well as perfume from the East. Hundreds of merchant ships sailed from Rome, the capital of the Roman Empire, to the ports of India and East Africa. They scoured the Mediterranean S...
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