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Pliny the Elder, the Roman scholar and author of *Naturalis Historia* (1st century CE), provides one of the earliest and most valuable foreign accounts of the pepper trade between India and the Roman Empire. His observations are significant for understanding the commercial importance of black pepper in the ancient Indian economy and the nature of Indo-Roman trade. Pliny regarded pepper as a luxury commodity that enjoyed immense popularity ________ ________ __________ __________ _____ ________ ___ _________ ____ ___ ________ _______.
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