Trade generated vast wealth for the citizens of Rome. It was trade that allowed a wide variety of goods to be imported into its borders: beef, grains, glassware, iron, lead, leather, marble, olive oil, perfumes, purple dye, silk, silver, spices, timber, tin and wine. How could such a powerful empire collapse? The Roman Economy Even concepts of Roman justice still stand tall, such as being “innocent until proven guilty”. Our alphabet, calendar, languages, literature, and architecture borrow much from the Romans. The Empire built 50,000 miles of roads, as well as many aqueducts, amphitheatres, and other works that are still in use today.
Rome had conquered much of the known world. The Money Project is an ongoing collaboration between Visual Capitalist and Texas Precious Metals that seeks to use intuitive visualizations to explore the origins, nature, and use of money.Īt its peak, the Roman Empire held up to 130 million people over a span of 1.5 million square miles. Currency and the Collapse of the Roman Empire
