Innovations+-+Trade

Ancient Roman Trade

The Ancient Romans found out great discoveries that we still use today but one of the greatest discoveries of the Roman Empire is their Trading. The trading was very important because it had many advantages with the many different relationships of trading. Some advantages are that with all the different merchants from around the world, Rome was a very good trading center where merchants could trade their goods for many different diverse items. Also the Romans got a lot of money from the taxes from merchants and travelers. Also Rome was a good location for traders because it was close to sea so they could go with boat and Rome was protected from raids. The roads were very important because it was protected from bandits and it was the fastest way to travel on land.

The most common transportation for trading was the boats because the boats could supply a lot of goods without having to pay for camels or donkeys to carry the goods. Usually the very important to Rome for if they had no trade they wouldn’t be able to give food to the Roman citizens. Although many people from around Europe would use the big roads that led throughout the whole empire to trade as traveling merchants around the city of Rome.

The Roman economy was also important because the traders would have Egyptians would send grains in huge freighters that would feed the whole of Rome in just a few freighters so trade was to trade with the same coin other wise the exchange rates would get mixed up and the whole trading empire would fall. The usual coinage was called an As. A Denarius is worth 16 Asses, an Aureus is worth 100 Asses, a Sestertius is worth four Asses, and a Dupondius is worth 2 Asses.

The Ancient Romans traded a lot of different resources such as stone relief, grains, and wines. The whine was called Amphora and it was the most traded from Rome because it was the most important trading resource for it got a lot of money from one freighter that would bring it a long way across the ocean to places like Egypt and other islands. This way the Roman Empire got rich fast and it could expand their empire to a very large amount. Trade I think has the most influence on the modern world for without trade we wouldn’t be able to live as we live today.

Outline 1. Economy ∑ Tax money used for building roads and public buildings ∑ Dupondius worth 2 asses ∑ Sestertius worth 4 asses ∑ Denarius worth 16 asses ∑ Aureus worth 100 asses ∑ And the as 2. Transportation ∑ Huge freighters used to transport harves from Egypt to Rome ∑ Sea for sea merchants ∑ Roads used for fast and safe travel ∑ Animals such as camels and donkeys used to carry goods 3. Advantages of trade ∑ Good relationships ∑ Rome gets taxes from traders ∑ Many diverse traders and cultures ∑ Good location for many traders ∑ Rich country so Rome can bring their goods around their empire quickly 4. What they trade ∑ Stone relief ∑ Wine ∑ Grains ∑ Amphora