wine-traders

Updated: August 13, 2026

Just as the traffickers in fire-water and the squatters led the way in the occupation of North America, so these Roman wine-traders and landlords paved the way for, and beckoned onward, the future conqueror of Gaul.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book V : The Establishment of the Military Monarchy

Just as the traffickers in fire-water and the squatters led the way in the occupation of North America, so these Roman wine-traders and landlords paved the way for, and beckoned onward, the future conqueror of Gaul.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)