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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheRed, post: 3230431, member: 87080&quot;]Pliny the Elder wrote about this very issue and complained about the drain of money from the Roman economy. It&#039;s interesting to think that trade deficits were a major economic issue 2000 years ago just like today.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>India, China and the Arabian peninsula take one hundred million sesterces from our empire per annum at a conservative estimate: that is what our luxuries and women cost us. For what fraction of these imports is intended for sacrifices to the gods or the spirits of the dead?</i></p><p>- Pliny the Elder[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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