The Personal Infrastructure of Maritime Trade 1

Type:

Book Chapter

Author:

Annalisa Marzano

Published:

2022

Publisher:

Edinburgh University Press

This paper examines the contribution of formal and informal social ties and personal relations to the workings of long-distance trade. Roman trade was facilitated by overlapping social networks that depended upon social, ethnic, religious, and cultural ties between actors. These links can at times be reconstructed, largely through the evidence of honorific inscriptions. Such ties may have assisted traders in finding credit, in building supply and distribution networks, and in establishing trust between local communities and foreign traders. The right connections, networks, and contacts were important in guarantying successful overseas trade.

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