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Roman Ship?
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Quote:The ship in Brazil was discovered by sport divers in 1976. Robert Marx, a founder of the Council for Underwater Archaeology, explored the site in 1981. By that time there were at least 50 amphora said to be from the site. The type of amphora were identified by experts, according to Marx as “being from the third century AD” and to have originated in Morocco. The encrustations of marine life on some of the amphora were identified as native to Brazil and were radiocarbon dated to over 1500 years old. In 1982, he expected to return to the site but was prevented from doing so by the Brazilian government supposedly because they did not want to challenge the notion that Brazil was discovered by the Portuguese. No report has ever been produced on the site, the identification of the amphora or the radiocarbon dating. We are left with Marx’s word and a mystery. His recollections are presented in the book called “Treasure Lost at Sea” which was published by Firefly Books in 2004.

Thanks, Tim! That's a LOT better than anything I remember hearing before. This is looking a lot more solid than I would have guessed.

The idea of Roman ships being able to cross the Atlantic is not a huge leap. They had merchantmen easily larger than the Nina or the Jamestown ships, far larger than a Viking ship! Why would they not be seaworthy? The crew need not have been much more than a dozen men or so. As I understand it, winds and currents in the Atlantic tend to run in a circle, so once you catch that you just go with it. Someone apparently even did a study which showed that a floating hulk could cross the ocean without a crew. We don't know that they *wanted* to cross the Atlantic, after all--it could easily have been an accident rather than exploration. Not saying it was easy or common!

And the "Romans in China" thing is still silly.

Valete,

Matthew
Matthew Amt (Quintus)
Legio XX, USA
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Roman Ship? - by Quintis Antonius Felix - 03-10-2009, 12:47 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by jkaler48 - 03-10-2009, 06:07 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 03-11-2009, 12:33 AM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Quintis Antonius Felix - 03-11-2009, 12:13 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Quintis Antonius Felix - 03-11-2009, 12:35 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by M. Demetrius - 03-11-2009, 01:21 PM
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Re: Roman Ship? - by Matthew Amt - 03-11-2009, 04:12 PM
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Re: Roman Ship? - by Quintis Antonius Felix - 03-11-2009, 04:43 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Quintis Antonius Felix - 03-11-2009, 04:44 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Sallustius Metellus - 03-11-2009, 04:49 PM
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Re: Roman Ship? - by Quintis Antonius Felix - 03-12-2009, 04:08 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Matthew Amt - 03-12-2009, 08:41 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by jkaler48 - 03-12-2009, 09:02 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Quintis Antonius Felix - 03-13-2009, 12:21 PM
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Re: Roman Ship? - by Sallustius Metellus - 03-13-2009, 03:33 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Matthew Amt - 03-13-2009, 03:53 PM
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Re: Roman Ship? - by Quintis Antonius Felix - 03-26-2009, 01:47 PM
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Re: Roman Ship? - by M. Demetrius - 12-18-2009, 03:09 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Gorgon - 12-19-2009, 12:58 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by SvenLittkowski - 01-09-2010, 11:07 AM
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