Federico De Romanis is Associate Professor at the Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”. His publications include Cassia, cinnamomo, ossidiana. Uomini e merci tra Oceano Indiano e Mediterraneo (Rome 1996, 2006) and, as coeditor with A. Tchernia, Crossings: Early Mediterranean Contacts with India (Manohar 1997).Marco Maiuro taught ancient history at Columbia University 2008-2014. Author of Res Caesaris. Ricerche sulla proprietà imperiale nel Principato (Bari 2012), he is currently Adjunct Assistant Professor of History at Columbia University and Associate Fellow of Columbia's Italian Academy for Advanced Studies.Contributors are: Jean-Jacques Aubert, Jairus Banaji, Federico De Romanis, Harry Falk, Martha C. Howell, E. Lo Cascio, Marco Maiuro, Dario Nappo, Katia Schörle, Taco Terpstra and Andrew Wilson.

"[T]his good book first and foremost reinforces the position of the topic in question in ancient studies; in addition it opens interesting perspectives for future research in this field, for the method promoted by the editors is undoubtedly a good way to enhance our knowledge of the relationship between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean in antiquity." - Pierre Schneider, in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2016.02.27"The volume is an important contribution to the study of Indo-Mediterranean exchange in antiquity, and, at the same time, it opens new and promising perspectives by successfully promoting comparative studies in this important fi eld of historical research." - Michael A. Speidel, in: Marburger Beiträge Zur Antiken Handels, Wirtschafts und Sozialgeschichte

• AcknowledgementsList of Table, Figures, and MapsAbbreviationsIntroductionFederico De Romanis and Marco MaiuroPart 1 - The Cradle of the Ancient India Trade: The Red Sea1 Red Sea Trade and the StateAndrew Wilson2 Trajan’s Canal: River Navigation from the Nile to the Red Sea?Jean-Jacques Aubert3 Pearls, Power, and Profit: Mercantile Networks and Economic Considerations of the Pearl Trade in the Roman EmpireKatia Schörle4 Roman Policy on the Red Sea in the Second Century CEDario Nappo5 Roman Trade with the Far East: Evidence for Nabataean Middlemen in PuteoliTaco TerpstraPart 2 - Comparative Perspectives on the India Trade6 Indian Gold Crossing the Indian Ocean Through the MillenniaHarry Falk7 ‘Regions that Look Seaward’: Changing Fortunes, Submerged Histories, and the Slow Capitalism of the SeaJairus Banaji8 Comparative Perspectives on the Pepper TradeFederico De Romanis9 Into the East: European Merchants in Asian Markets During the Early Modern PeriodMartha HowellAfterwordElio Lo CascioReferencesIndex of SourcesGeneral Index

Federico De Romanis is Associate Professor at the Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”. His publications include Cassia, cinnamomo, ossidiana. Uomini e merci tra Oceano Indiano e Mediterraneo (Rome 1996, 2006) and, as coeditor with A. Tchernia, Crossings: Early Mediterranean Contacts with India (Manohar 1997).Marco Maiuro taught ancient history at Columbia University 2008-2014. Author of Res Caesaris. Ricerche sulla proprietà imperiale nel Principato (Bari 2012), he is currently Adjunct Assistant Professor of History at Columbia University and Associate Fellow of Columbia's Italian Academy for Advanced Studies.Contributors are: Jean-Jacques Aubert, Jairus Banaji, Federico De Romanis, Harry Falk, Martha C. Howell, E. Lo Cascio, Marco Maiuro, Dario Nappo, Katia Schörle, Taco Terpstra and Andrew Wilson.

"[T]his good book first and foremost reinforces the position of the topic in question in ancient studies; in addition it opens interesting perspectives for future research in this field, for the method promoted by the editors is undoubtedly a good way to enhance our knowledge of the relationship between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean in antiquity." - Pierre Schneider, in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2016.02.27"The volume is an important contribution to the study of Indo-Mediterranean exchange in antiquity, and, at the same time, it opens new and promising perspectives by successfully promoting comparative studies in this important fi eld of historical research." - Michael A. Speidel, in: Marburger Beiträge Zur Antiken Handels, Wirtschafts und Sozialgeschichte

• AcknowledgementsList of Table, Figures, and MapsAbbreviationsIntroductionFederico De Romanis and Marco MaiuroPart 1 - The Cradle of the Ancient India Trade: The Red Sea1 Red Sea Trade and the StateAndrew Wilson2 Trajan’s Canal: River Navigation from the Nile to the Red Sea?Jean-Jacques Aubert3 Pearls, Power, and Profit: Mercantile Networks and Economic Considerations of the Pearl Trade in the Roman EmpireKatia Schörle4 Roman Policy on the Red Sea in the Second Century CEDario Nappo5 Roman Trade with the Far East: Evidence for Nabataean Middlemen in PuteoliTaco TerpstraPart 2 - Comparative Perspectives on the India Trade6 Indian Gold Crossing the Indian Ocean Through the MillenniaHarry Falk7 ‘Regions that Look Seaward’: Changing Fortunes, Submerged Histories, and the Slow Capitalism of the SeaJairus Banaji8 Comparative Perspectives on the Pepper TradeFederico De Romanis9 Into the East: European Merchants in Asian Markets During the Early Modern PeriodMartha HowellAfterwordElio Lo CascioReferencesIndex of SourcesGeneral Index