Steven E. Sidebotham: Berenike and the Ancient Spice Route & Raoul McLoughlin: Rome and the Distant East: Trade routes to the Ancient Lands of Arabia, India and China

Authors

  • Andrew Dalby Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28481

Keywords:

Berenike, Ancient Spice Route, Rome, Distant East, Trade routes, Ancient Lands, Spice Route, Arabia, India, China, Spice

Abstract

Steven E. Sidebotham: Berenike and the Ancient Spice Route: University of California Press, 2011: 434 pp., hardback, £29.60.

Raoul McLoughlin: Rome and the Distant East: Trade routes to the Ancient Lands of Arabia, India and China: Continuum, 2010: 236 pp., hardback, £65.00.

Author Biography

  • Andrew Dalby, Independent Scholar

    Andrew Dalby is an historian of food, particularly in the classical world, and a translator. His publications with Prospect have been legion, and legendary.

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Published

2013-07-01

Issue

PPC 98 (2013)

Section

Book Reviews

How to Cite

Dalby, Andrew. 2013. “Steven E. Sidebotham: Berenike and the Ancient Spice Route & Raoul McLoughlin: Rome and the Distant East: Trade Routes to the Ancient Lands of Arabia, India and China”. Petits Propos Culinaires, July, 114-16. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28481.