Four Treasures Reference Database
Record No. 27631
Roman policy on the Red Sea in the second century CE
Book Section
Dario, N. (2014) Roman policy on the Red Sea in the second century CE. In: Across the Ocean: Nine Essays on Indo-Mediterranean Trade, Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition 41, Leiden: Brill, pp. 55–72.
ISBN/ISSN: 9789000000000 | Sinkankas/Born No.: NIS/NIB | RWHL
gems, gem trade, history of gems in Europe, pearl, pearls, Indian lapidary
In the summer of 116 CE, the emperor Trajan completed his Parthian campaign and reached Spasinou Charax on the shores of the Persian Gulf; when he arrived, he complained that he was not young enough to attempt the conquest of India, as Alexander the Great had done. At least, this is what Cassius Dio tells us in one of the books of his work, which survives only through the epitome of Xiphilinos.