Trade Cividade de Terroso

cividade de terroso, rome, carthage , carthaginian influence sphere before first punic war.

the visits of phoenicians, carthaginians, greeks, , romans had objective exchange of fabrics , wine gold , tin, despite scarcity of terrestrial ways, not problem cividade de terroso strategically located close sea , ave river, extensive commerce existed via atlantic , river routes archeological remains prove. however, 1 land route known, silver way (as named in roman era) started in south of peninsula reaching northeast on land.

the external commerce, dominated tin, complemented domestic commerce in tribal markets between different cities , villages of castro culture, exchanged textiles, metals (gold, copper, tin , lead) , other objects including exotic products, such glass or exotic ceramics, proceeding contacts peoples of mediterranean or other areas of peninsula.

with annexation of castro region roman republic, commerce starts 1 of main ways regional economic development, roman merchants organized in associations known collegia. these associations functioned true commercial companies looked monopoly in commercial relations.