Merchants, Sailors and Pirates in the Roman World - Softcover

Rauh, Nicholas K.

 
9780752425429: Merchants, Sailors and Pirates in the Roman World
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0752425420 ISBN 13: 9780752425429
Publisher: Tempus Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

During the 1st century BC the Romans dominated the Mediterranean, largely due to their extraordinary success in trade. However, sailors must have dreaded the pirates who flourished in equal measure during these years. This scholarly yet accessible study focuses on the Mediterranean at a time when it was transformed from a Hellenistic to a Roman powerbase. Rauh identifies Rome's most important trading centers around the coasts, pirates' coves and strongholds, and the forts that were built by the Romans to counteract them.

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Publisher
Tempus Publishing
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0752425420
ISBN 13 
9780752425429
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
176