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Roman Ship?
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A Roman ship crossing the Atlantic really isn't out of the question. We know ancient mariners were able to circumnavigate Africa (although they admittedly stayed close to the land), but perhaps more telling is the Roman trade with India across the Indian Ocean, entering via the Gulf of Aden. Now it's possible that they simply hugged the shore all the way around Arabia, etc., but it is a lot more likely that 'Roman ships' traveled straight across the open sea between Somalia and India, given that they were recorded as using the monsoon winds (in Strabo I believe...). So if they could go from the tip of Arabia to India, it doesn't take a huge leap to see them being able to go from Africa to Brazil...

That being said, i don't think they actually did it! At least not on purpose. The Romans were never much on the exploration front, and unless they knew for sure of some sort of trade potential in Brazil I don't think they would have set out to find it.
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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
Re: Roman Ship? - by Quintis Antonius Felix - 03-11-2009, 03:57 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Matthew Amt - 03-11-2009, 04:12 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by texascavtrooper - 03-11-2009, 04:28 PM
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
Re: Roman Ship? - by texascavtrooper - 03-12-2009, 05:06 AM
Re: Roman Ship? - by M. Demetrius - 03-12-2009, 12:13 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Quintis Antonius Felix - 03-12-2009, 12:20 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Quintis Antonius Felix - 03-12-2009, 12:51 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Tiberius Clodius Corvinus - 03-12-2009, 01:00 PM
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
Re: Roman Ship? - by Nerva - 03-13-2009, 02:00 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Sallustius Metellus - 03-13-2009, 03:33 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Matthew Amt - 03-13-2009, 03:53 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Quintis Antonius Felix - 03-13-2009, 03:58 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Tiberius Clodius Corvinus - 03-13-2009, 07:25 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by M. Demetrius - 03-13-2009, 09:22 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Quintis Antonius Felix - 03-16-2009, 12:08 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Marcus F. - 03-17-2009, 02:25 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Quintis Antonius Felix - 03-18-2009, 04:32 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Quintis Antonius Felix - 03-26-2009, 01:47 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 03-26-2009, 03:23 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Quintis Antonius Felix - 03-26-2009, 04:43 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by jkaler48 - 03-26-2009, 04:50 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 03-26-2009, 08:59 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Tiberius Clodius Corvinus - 03-26-2009, 09:26 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 03-26-2009, 09:37 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Tiberius Clodius Corvinus - 03-26-2009, 11:53 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by jespah2000 - 03-27-2009, 01:11 AM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Tiberius Clodius Corvinus - 03-27-2009, 12:02 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 03-27-2009, 12:55 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Quintis Antonius Felix - 03-27-2009, 02:06 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Epictetus - 12-16-2009, 08:35 AM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Jasper Oorthuys - 12-16-2009, 11:45 AM
Re: Roman Ship? - by MD - 12-16-2009, 09:49 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Epictetus - 12-17-2009, 05:20 AM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Gorgon - 12-18-2009, 02:45 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Gorgon - 12-18-2009, 02:49 PM
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
Re: Roman Ship? - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 01-09-2010, 11:41 AM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Markus Montanvs - 01-09-2010, 07:08 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 01-09-2010, 07:12 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Iagoba - 01-11-2010, 11:31 AM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 01-12-2010, 10:19 AM
Re: Roman Ship? - by aquilifer - 01-15-2010, 10:37 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Ron Andrea - 01-16-2010, 12:38 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 01-16-2010, 12:48 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Ron Andrea - 01-16-2010, 01:02 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 01-16-2010, 01:05 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by ushumgal - 01-17-2010, 01:06 PM
Roman Ship? - by Ben Kane - 11-19-2010, 09:45 AM
Re: Roman Ship? - by M. Demetrius - 11-19-2010, 12:52 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by john m roberts - 11-19-2010, 03:48 PM
Re: Roman Ship? - by M. Demetrius - 11-19-2010, 04:17 PM
RE: Roman Ship? - by SvenLittkowski - 09-24-2017, 01:38 AM

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