Simon, Róbert (2002) Aelius Gallus' Campaign and the Arab Trade in the Augustan Age. Acta Orientalia, 55 (4). pp. 309-318. ISSN 0001-6446
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Abstract
The paper throws fresh light on an important aspect of Augustus' Oriental policy. It is a reassessment of his attitude towards the role the South-Arabian States played in the East-West trade circuit on the one hand, and of his attempts to develop an independent Roman seaborne trade with India on the other. In order to understand the perspective of this undertaking, one has to analyse the far-reaching changes which took place in South Arabia just at that time. The earlier “caravan-kingdoms” had been in a state of decline and have gradually been replaced by the rule of tribal confederations and States of the Highlands. Aelius Gallus' campaign was a total failure showing that the Roman Oriental trade should not be based on military conquest and on a rather expensive direct control of the middlemen.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World / történelem > D0 History (General) / történelem általában P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PI Oriental languages and literatures / keleti nyelvek és irodalmak |
| Depositing User: | xKatalin xBarta |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Feb 2017 09:24 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Dec 2022 00:15 |
| URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/46966 |
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