WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Roman provinces traded among themselves, but trade extended outside the frontiers to regions as far away as China and India. The main commodity was grain.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ancient Rome was an agrarian and slave-based economy whose main concern was feeding the vast number of citizens and legionaries who populated the Mediterranean region. The staple crops were grains, olives, and grapes. Olive oil and wine led Italy’s exports.

Detailed explanation-3: -Grains, olives, and grapes were the main staple crops, and exports were dominated by olive oil and wine. Farmers paid taxes by donating surplus crops to the government. Grain was shipped throughout the empire from Ostia, the main port of Rome.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ancient historians are unanimous in accepting the importance of agriculture in the Roman empire, to the extent of contending that it was so important that no other form of economic activity could possibly be considered as sign)ficant.