The trade of Silphium was so lucrative that Cyrene, the town it was
grown in, actually put it on their money.
Under Ptolemaic rule the economy prospered,
based largely on the export of horses and Silphium, a plant used for rich seasoning and medicine.
As such, it has also been proposed that is derived from a different, now extinct,
plant known as,“Silphium“, which was used in ancient times
as a very effective form of birth control, among many other uses.
As such, it has also been proposed that it derived from a different, now extinct,
plant known as,“Silphium“, which was used in ancient times
as a very effective form of birth control, among many other uses.