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Question about silver, gold, mining..and lack of them
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Here a list of books : http://oxrep.class.ox.ac.uk/index.php?o ... &Itemid=35

During the Classic period of Greek and Roman rule in the western world, gold and silver both flowed to India for spices, and to China for silk. At the height of the Empire (A.D. 98-160), Roman gold and silver coins reigned from Britain to North Africa and Egypt.

Maybe that the Roman empire exported more gold to other countries than in produced? I was under the assumption that the mining for gold in the roman empire declined after the 3the century because the mines got exhausted but I am not sure of this.
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Geert S. (Sol Invicto Comiti)
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Late Roman precious metals - by Paullus Scipio - 12-17-2007, 01:32 AM
Re: Question about silver, gold, mining..and lack of them - by S SEVERUS - 12-17-2007, 02:14 PM

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