The value of Rome's annual trade with the region was estimated at around 50,000,000 sesterces.[61] Pliny the Elder mentioned that Limyrike was prone by pirates.[62] The Cosmas Indicopleustes mentioned that the Limyrike was a source of Malabar peppers.[63][64] In the last centuries BCE the coast became important to the Greeks and Romans for its spices, especially Malabar pepper.