What did the romans tradeTrade was vital to the Romans economy. Trade was one of the main importance for paying for their city and all of its needs. No trade, no city it was as simple as that. Their population was estimated to be around 1 million people in total. That why their trade was very needed. Some of the most often traded products were beef, corn, glassware, iron, lead, leather, marble, olive oil, perfumes, purple dye, silk, silver, spices, timber, tin, and wine.
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Trade routesRomans had many trade partners such were in Spain, France, the Middle East, and North Africa. Because of a lack of land transportation even though they had roads the Romans mostly traded by sea even thought they said it was unpredictable they still did it. They has been around about 900 ship wrecks that were used for trading.
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