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In the second half of the 1st century, with the social stability brought by the "Pax Romana", Carmo became a major crossroads on the Via Augusta and an important outpost in the Roman empire. A period of economic prosperity based on agricultural production and long-distance trade began, as evidenced by the findings of amphorae from Andalusia in the Monte Testaccio of Rome, and by the volume of Gallic ceramics documented in local excavations. The city was issued the imperial dispensation to mint a coinage bearing the name "Carmo";