01-03-2008, 09:49 PM
I just read an excellent article in a magazine on this very subject today!
Apparently there were Romans who made it as far as Borneo.
Trade with the east emptied the coffers of more sestercia than Gaul and Judea combined contributed in tribute to the empire! I can't remember if the figure quoted was 100 million or not!
An interesting thought.
Apparently there were Romans who made it as far as Borneo.
Trade with the east emptied the coffers of more sestercia than Gaul and Judea combined contributed in tribute to the empire! I can't remember if the figure quoted was 100 million or not!
An interesting thought.
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel