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Matthew Adam Cobb (éd.), The Indian Ocean Trade in Antiquity. Political, Cultural and Economic Impacts, London-New York, 2018 Part 1: The Western Indian Ocean: A Developing Trade Chapter 2: From the Ptolemies to Augustus: Mediterranean Integration into the Indian Ocean Trade (Matthew Adam Cobb) Chapter 3: Indian Ocean Trade: The Role of Parthia (Leonardo Gregoratti) Chapter 4: Ethnographies of Sailing: From the Red Sea to the Bay of Bengal in Antiquity (Himanshu Prabha Ray) Chapter 5: Patchworking the West Coast of India: Noes of the ‘Periplus of the Erythaean Sea’ (Federico De Romanis) Part 2: The Indian Ocean and Cross-Cultural Engagement: People, Commodities, and Society Chapter 6: Indian Ocean Commerce in Context: The Economic and Revenue Significance of Red Sea Trade in the Ancient World Economy (Raoul John McLaughlin) Chapter 7: Erythaean Pearls in the Roman World: Features and Aspects if Luxury Consumption (late second century BCE – second century CE) (Pierre Schneider) Chapter 8: India Abroad: Evidence for Ancient Indian Maritime Activity (Frederick M. Asher) Part 3: The Indian Ocean Influence on Literary Culture Chapter 9: The Universe from an Egg: Creation Narratives in the Ancient Indian and Greek Texts (Fiona Mitchell) Chapter 10: The Impact of the Indian Ocean Trade on the Ancient Novel (Juan Pablo Sánchez Hernández) Chapter 11: Between Egypt and India: on the Route of the Ancient Novel (Marco Palone)Matthew Adam Cobb, Rome and the Indian Ocean Trade from Augustus to the Early Third Century CE, Leiden, 2018 (Mnemosyne Supplements, Volume: 418)Introduction The Ptolemies and the Erythra ThalassaOrganisation and FinanceThe Roman State and the Indian Ocean TradeTrade Routes and Merchant DiasporasImportsExportsRome’s Trade Balance with IndiaThe Peak of Roman Trade in the Indian OceanConclusion