Trade between the Roman Empire and the Free Germans Author(s): Olwen Brogan Reviewed work(s): Source: The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 26, Part 2 (1936), pp. 195-222 Published by: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/296866 . Accessed: 15/02/2012 22:16 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Journal of Roman Studies. http://www.jstor.org TRADE BETWEEN THE RONIAN EMPIRE AND THE FREE GERMANS'- By OLWEN BROGAN (Plate xi) I. COMMUNICATIONS (p. 199, fig. 7) The campaigns of Caesar and Augustus gave Italian merchants an opportunity of establishing relations with the free Germans. 2 Intercourse was maintained after the withdrawal of the legions to the west of the Rhine, and literary references to the trade which grew up, though few in number, testify to its continuance throughout the time here to be considered. The conception of an illimitable forest primeval stretching unbroken from the borders of the empire into the furthest recesses of barbarism is very far from the truth.