Rome's Riches to Rags: The Economic Ebb and Flow of an Empire
The Roman Republic was one of the first great civilizations.
As primarily an agricultural economy, the Romans focused on trading commodities like grain and wine. They established extensive trade routes and markets across their growing empire. You can see remnants of these routes throughout Europe today.
Its agricultural roots meant that feeding a booming …
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