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whenever roman relations are brought up, the trade deficit in the east is always one of the first topics talked about - the flow of gold and silver to the east, without any roman trade good to balance the scales, had caused economic problems in an empire already suffering from a legion of them.

How could the roman empire balance the trade to become equally favorable to all sides, or maybe even a reverse deficit? what trade good/s could be used? maybe mediterrenean wine, widely cultivated silphium or noric steel?
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