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Why didn't the Romans annex northern Somalia (Regio Aromatica/Barbaria) considering the wealth/value of the incense and aromatic products the region exported and how they filled Roman treasuries, and the fractious/divided nature of Berberoi (early Somali) society and their mercentile city states?

by /u/asrafael in /r/AskHistorians

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