The LAtin for trade was commercium.
The most important commodity was grain which was needed to feed Rome's enormous population. Egypt supplied half of this. Other major producers were Tunisia, Sicily and Sardinia.
Spain exported gold, silver and other metals, olive oil, timber and horses. Gaul exported glass, wine and wool. Britannia exported metals and wool. Turkey and Syria exported timber, wool, olive oil, wine and horses. Greece exported manufactures. Egypt exported cotton, linen, papyrus, ivory, gemstones, ebony, ostrich feathers, leopard skins, lions, leopards and elephants.
Roman trade also reached Arabia, which exported incense and spices, Persia, which acted as an intermediary for the trade with China and India, China, which exported silk, and India which exported spices, herbs, sesame oil, sugar, limes, peaches, ebony, pearls and wild animals (tigers, rhinos, elephants, and snakes which were used for circus-type animal acts) and Ethiopia, which exported ebony and Ivory.
classical (apex)
The priests who "took the omens" or interpreted the signs in ancient Rome were called augurs.
trade and irrigation systems
Centurions.
the PATRICIANS. the poor, common people were the PLEBIANS.
Their trade was about trading stuff.
Rome and India
no
yes they did
No, a vast estate in Ancient Rome was called a villa.
classical (apex)
Rome is an international center of trade, culture, and religion
classical (apex)
The month of May was called Maius in ancient Rome.
Rome was (and still is) on the Mediterranean Sea. This is why the Roman Empire was centred on the Mediterranean. Rome conquered all the lands on the shores of this sea, which they called mare nostrum (our sea).
Large estates in Ancient Rome, owned by patricians, were called latifundia.
The priests who "took the omens" or interpreted the signs in ancient Rome were called augurs.