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...descended that river as far as Alexandria, it was poured, without delay, into the capital of the empire103. The objects of oriental traffic were splendid and...which was esteemed not inferior in value to a pound of gold104; precious stones, among 101 Tacit. Germania, c. 45. Plin. Hist. Nat. xxxviii. 11. The latter...

...variety of aromatics, that were consumed in religious worship and the pomp of funerals. The labour and risk of the voyage were rewarded with almost incredible profit; but the profit was made upon Roman subjects, and a few individuals were enriched at the expense of the public. As the natives of...

...that river as far as Alexandria, it was poured, without delay, into the capital of the empire. ll>:! The objects of oriental traffic were splendid and trifling ; silk, a pound ol which was esteemed not inferior in value to a pound of gold ;101 precious stones, among which the...

...those of India and Ceylon. Gibbon, in his •• Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," writes : — " The objects of Oriental traffic were splendid and...inferior in value to a pound of gold ; precious stones, amongst which the pearl claimed the first rank after the diamond ; and a variety of aromatics that...

...returning in the month of December or January. " The principal objects of oriental traffic," says Gibbon, " were splendid and trifling : silk (a pound of which...inferior in value to a pound of gold), precious stones, and a variety of aromatics." When Strabo visited Egypt the Myos Hormos seems to have superseded Berenice,...

...Nile, and had descended that river as far as Alexandria, it was poured into the capital of the empire. The objects of oriental traffic were splendid and...inferior in value to a pound of gold ; precious stones, and a variety of aroinatics that were used in religious worship and in funerals.—(Vide Gibbon's Decline...

...luxury, the second city of the world. " The principal articles of oriental traffic," says Gibbon, " were splendid and trifling ; silk, (a pound of which...inferior, in value, to a pound of gold,) precious stones, and a variety of aromatics." Egypt, long after its conquest by the Saracens, continued to enjoy a large...

...luxury, the second city of the world. " The principal articles of oriental traffic," says Gibbon, " were splendid and trifling ; silk, (a pound of which...inferior, in value, to a pound of gold,) precious stones, and a variety of aromatice." Egypt, long after ils conquest by the Saracens, continued to enjoy a large...

...returning in the month of December or January. " The principal objects of oriental traffic," says Gibbon, " were splendid and trifling : silk (a pound of which...inferior in value to a pound of gold), precious stones, and a variety of aromatics." When Strabo visited Egypt the Myos Hormos seems to. have superseded Berenice,...