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 * // Roman Merchants  //** home Agustus Cesar roman roads merchant weapons and supplies colosseum aqueducts Connection to modern day

Trade was vital to [|Ancient Rome]. The Roman Empire was criss-crossed with trade routes
 * The [|empire] cost a vast sum of money to run and trade brought in much of that money.
 * The population of the city of [|Rome] was one million ,and such a vast population required all manner of things brought back via trade.
 * . There were sea routes that covered the Mediterranean and Black Seas and numerous land routes using the [|roads] built by the Romans.
 * Trade and moving the [|Roman Army] around were the two principle reasons for building roads.
 * The Romans did what they could to make sea journeys safe - lighthouses were built as were safe harbours and docks.
 * The Roman Navy did what it could to make the Mediterranean Sea safe from pirates. [[image:http://www.prestotours.com/ostiaantica.jpg width="269" height="206" align="left"]]