
The image is a photograph of a plaque on a wall that reads "Conquest and Luxury Goods". The plaque is rectangular in shape and has a black border. The text is written in white and is in a serif font. Below the text, there is a subtitle that explains that after Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian Empire in the fourth century B.C., the wealth of the East flowed west to the Mediterranean. This influx of riches resulted in a greater demand for tableware made of precious metals. By the second century B, when much of the Greek world had become part of the Roman Empire, the Romans had also developed a taste for luxury goods.
