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me geeall i he Emie, alhgh iee-beaig la ee beig made a fa
aa a Dacia i he ecd ce A.D.
I cclde heefe ha e hae amle eidece f eeie make ice ad
echage i he Piciae. Thi ie agee ih ha f me he ece hiical
eeach. Rahbe ided a caefl aali ad dici f Egia ice, ig
ha he aci f ea ice made a ccli ab hem eaie. He aged
e he le, 'A fa a e ca jdge, he ice f hea, ie ad dke ee
baicall fmed b he eai f fee-make fce, ha i he fdameal f
l ad demad i a meied ecm . .. The ice i iae ale eem, he
hle, be "eal" ice aied a idiidall b make bagaiig ahe ha beig
adadied, cma ial ice.'31 I em f he mdel ed hee, he
ice eee eeie make echage ical f a make ecm, ecical
echage ical f a ecm baed ecici.
I i egh, hee, h ha ice ee ideead. Pice affec he
allcai f ece i make ecmie, ad e eed hae eidece f hi caal
elaihi a ell a idicai f he ice hemele. A icii fm Lee i
Macedia i Hadia' ime h ha ice eilibaed gai make.
The ci celebae Mai Salai Sabi, a gmaiach ad beefac, h e fe
i ime f hage ld gai me cheal ha he ce ice ad he he eme'
am a aig hgh, ided f he aa 400 medimi f hea, i f bale
ad 6 f bea, l i meeae f ie, mch cheae ha he ce ice.32
The icii celebaed a ieei i a fciig make he ice e i
ee he added demad a he am a aig hgh. I mal ime, ele
cld b fd i make; l i eadia cicmace a al acii
called f ad celebaed. Gai ad he fd hage caed he ice f fdff
ie, ad he ci' beefac ld fd a a le ice alleiae he hage. Pice
eilibaed he make f gai ad he fd, i he d, b ele ee
ala ha ih he ice eeded dce hi eilibai. Ee da, he
ei i ed hehe geme hld ieee ffe a make ice he
he ice f a ima cmmdi like il ie hal.
The bigge make f fd, if he ee make, ee i he ci f Rme. The
ci' lai i he Piciae i geeall eimaed a ab a milli ihabia.
Rme i he eal Rma Emie heefe eeded a l f lie - 20 40 milli
mdii f gai a ea, ab I 50-300,000 , l eeie lie f il ad ie.33
I a fa cheae hi fd ac he Medieaea ha e lad - a i ld
emai il he ade f he ailad. Gai a hied e he ea Rme fm
Sadiia, Sicil, Afica, ad Eg. Oil a eed Rme fm Sai ad Afica.34
The Medieaea a 'cled' b bad eahe f f mh a ea fm Nembe
il Mach, ad dage f ab addiial mh eihe ide. Thee m
hae bee a lage am f hiig cmig i ad f Oia dig he mme,
ee hgh lage hi e Peli i he Ba f Nale, hee gai a a-
hied i malle eel f he caal i Oia.
H a hi hiig gaied? If hi gai a ffeed Rme a ibe
had bee cmmadeeed diecl b Rma ahiie, he hi meme f gai
a a ceic afe. If hi meme eled fm ale f gai b fame, i a
cmed f a eie f make echage ee if he gai a chaed fm a
eee. Hki bega hi dici f he Rma ecm ih he 'eceial'
ii ha m Rma ae ee aid i me. He ed ha hee ee ae
f gai i kid fm Eg ad Afica, ed f fee diibi i Rme - he
aa, b l a mall a f he gai imed i Rme (eha fifee e ce)
31 D. Rahbe, 'Pice ad ice fmai i
Rma Eg', Ecmie aie, Pi efmai de
i da le ecmie aie (I 997), 2 I.
32 Qed i Gae, . ci. (. 8), 247-8.
33 G. Rickma, The C Sl f Acie Rme
(I980), i; Gae, . ci. (. 8), I9I, 23I.
34 D . J . Maigl, Tiliaia ( I 995) .