I Romani nel Corno d’Africa. Controllo delle vie marittime verso terre lontane e incognite

Our principal purpose here is to clarify the nature of trade relations between the Near East and the eastern regions of Africa and, in particular, the Horn of Africa. Indeed, it seems evident that these ties were particularly strong and that they led to commercial relations between the Roman merchants and the populations who inhabited those regions. In particular, the areas of central-eastern Africa constituted the most important point of contact between the West and the East. They thus became bases of primary importance for the trade routes for products of all kinds (we are talking about food products as well as precious fabrics) with the Indies