Aromata

Aromata (Greek: Αρώματα, lit. "spices, aromatics"), also called the Spice Port,^[1] was an ancient seaport and emporium in the Horn of Africa, today a part of Somalia. It lay near the tip of Cape Guardafui, which was itself called the "promontory of spices" (Aromaton akron, Αρώματον ἄκρον).^[2]^[3] It was notable for its produce of resins and various herbs.^[4]

^ Lionel Casson (ed.), The Periplus Maris Erythraei: Text with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (Princeton University Press, 1989), p. 115.
^ Casson 1989, pp. 129–30.
^ G. W. B. Huntingford (ed.), The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (Hakluyt Society, 1980), p. 25.
^ Glasgow, University of (1955). Transactions. p. 26. South of the Aromatic Coast, the present Somali country in which frankincense was gathered, he mentions Zengisa Acra, Cape Zenj or Zengg

[Casson115-1] Lionel Casson (ed.), The Periplus Maris Erythraei: Text with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (Princeton University Press, 1989), p. 115.

[Casson129-2] Casson 1989, pp. 129–30.

[3] G. W. B. Huntingford (ed.), The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (Hakluyt Society, 1980), p. 25.

[4] Glasgow, University of (1955). Transactions. p. 26. South of the Aromatic Coast, the present Somali country in which frankincense was gathered, he mentions Zengisa Acra, Cape Zenj or Zengg

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