"Pliny's Natural History, one of the principal Graeco-Roman works dealing with trade, notes: "India, China and the Arabian peninsula take one hundred million sesterces (an ancient Roman coin) from our empire per annum at a conservative estimate: that is what our luxuries and women cost us." [2]
U tsale a ku: "Loko ku hlayeriwa mali ya kona, tiko ra Indiya, ra Seres ni Nhlonhle ya Arabiya ma tswonge 100 wa timiliyoni ta ti-sesterce lembe ni lembe emfun'weni wa hina leswaku ku hakeleriwa swilo swa hina swa vulovolovo ni swa vavasati va hina." *