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= //**Roman Trading and Currency**// = = //**Would people steal the Roman's trading goods?**// = = //**Would the Romans get ambushed?**// = = //**Would the Romans steal goods from other people?**// = = //**Would Romans have to battle on the way?**// = = //**Would Roman traders bring Legionaries to watch over the trading deals?**// = = //**How did Romans react if somebody stole their goods?**// = = //**Roman Trade and Slaves**// = = //** To keep trading as easy as possible, Romans only used one currency when trading, there was no complicated customs. Romans would trade by sea, one of the most **// = == = //** important ports was Ostia. Slaves transported the goods to the ships. Trading was vital to the Romans. Rome's main trading partners were Spain and France. Romans transported the Roman army to watch over the trading deals. Slaves did most of the hard work. The slaves carri **// = = //** ed the goods on and off the ship. They also were the ones who held the items during trading. Romans used ships to trade with other countries across sea. **// = = = = //** If you are interested in the Roman trade routes, got to this link: http://www2.rgzm.de/Navis2/Harbours/Guernsey/Function%201.htm **// = = //** Was Roman Trading dangerous? **// = =**// Trade became dangerous after the Roman Empire fell. Nobody was around to keep order in the trades. //**= =**// Merchants would fight over goods, trading became chaos. The Romans kept order in the way of the trade. //**= = //**Roman Currency**// =

= //**Coins were mostly used to trade because the Romans did not use paper money. The value of the coin depended on what it was made of. If it was gold, it was worth a lot**// = = //**, copper was not as valuable as gold coins or silver coins. The name of the coins were: Aureus(gold), Denarius(silver), Sesterius(bronze), and as(copper). Money was a valuable thing. **// = = //**To make the coins, Romans would get metal either rolled up and banged into sheets or mold**// = == = //**it. To make the coin, the Romans would carve a crude image into the coin by bu**// = = //**r**////**ning it in and then letting it slowly coo**// = = //**l. When the coins were cooled and done with the process, Romans would bag it up with other coins and ship it to a Roman treasury. Romans had many other different currencies. They used them all. Though when it came to things like trading, one currency was only used.**// = = To keep trading as easy as possible, Romans only used one currency when trading, there was also no complicated customs. = = = [] This is the link for the currency photo. Ulysse mosaique.jpeg This is the credit for the Roman ship photo.

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