It was therefore entirely reliant on foreign areas (particularly the provinces of North Africa, Asia and Egypt) inside the empire capable of shipping adequate amounts of grain to the capital (60 million modii) and for the provincial populations that did not produce grain.
It was therefore entirely reliant on foreign areas (particularly the provinces of North Africa, Asia and Egypt) inside the empire capable of shipping adequate amounts of grain to the capital (60 million modii) and for the provincial populations. These provincial populations did not produce grain.