. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. ese vases, of wliich Propertius (IV. v. 26) savs, Murreaquc in Parthis pocula codafocis, were probably Chinese porcelain, and brought a great price (Pliny, ilnd. .xxxvii. 7). ^ Peutingers map marks near two cities on the coast of JIalabar a Templum Augustt,which gives reason to believe a trading port existed there. It was customary to have inall merchant towns a chamber of commerce. The language used in Eastern traffic was the(Ireek, which, Philostratus says, was spoken by the princes of the north of
. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. ese vases, of wliich Propertius (IV. v. 26) savs, Murreaquc in Parthis pocula codafocis, were probably Chinese porcelain, and brought a great price (Pliny, ilnd. .xxxvii. 7). ^ Peutingers map marks near two cities on the coast of JIalabar a Templum Augustt,which gives reason to believe a trading port existed there. It was customary to have inall merchant towns a chamber of commerce. The language used in Eastern traffic was the(Ireek, which, Philostratus says, was spoken by the princes of the north of India and by alleducated persons. Seneca (Cons, ad Ilelv. G) and Plutarch (The Fortune of Alexander) con-firm this testimony. Found near Accrra, Notizie degli scavi di andc/iità, lb7S, tav. .>. No. 8. ADMINISTRATION OF AUGUSTUS IN THE PROVINCES. 227 Canaries still continued. The gold dust which Roman tradersfound in Mauretania was more probably brought thither by wayof the sea than by the long and dangerous route across theSahara. Carthage sent to Rome wild beasts and gazelles for the.
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