There’s even speculation they made it to North America
SameSpecialist8284 on
I think the top half of the UK (Scotland as it’s known) needs a different key colour for “Too Scared”.
Training_Ad1818 on
Sweden??? And not Norway? I’m disgusted. Disgusted, I say!
jequeland on
Woah! Why only a slim chance for Norway?
MyBallzInAJar on
Dont ask me how I know this but I know they made it to South Sudan 100%
They went along the Nile until they stopped at the marshlands of South Dudan because they had no idea how to cross it, not even the locals knew
hoi4kaiserreichfanbo on
very useless to say that they made it to Kamchatka because the Byzantines interacted with the Kieven Rus‘.
Belenos_Anextlomaros on
I would put a lot of caveats on the most Eastern countries here. It’s not because you find coins for instance, that you have Romans. It’s not because one source says people were Romans that they were indeed and maybe it was just merchants from somewhere in the Middle who claimed to be Romans…
Too easy to make a joke about their love for boys and a trip to Thailand…
Neo13715 on
Wow, I had no idea that all these countries existed during the Roman Empire. Unless you mean modern day residents of Rome just touring around nation-states.
MrZaptile933 on
I don’t think putting the Roman Empire on modern boarders is smart. It makes Roman which was already a huge ass empire look even bigger.
tavadis on
‚had been‘, ok, but I remember an inscription on the rocks around Gobustan, south of Baku, today Azerbaijan, by some centurion documenting the presence of the Legio XII Fulminata, and it felt like ‚please take me out of here, wanna go home‘, 2000 y ago. Mud volcanoes all over. Still nice to visit
Perestroika21 on
I am a professor of Roman history and I can tell you this map is far from being accurate.
themuscularbulbasaur on
Damn they really got around.
DeerEnforcement on
I would think UAE and Oman are at least pretty likely.
Raph0uX on
„Hum, I feel like going to Vietnam today… Norway ? You mean NO WAY ? 😎😎😎“
Mountain_Dentist5074 on
Instead of countries locations would be better. People with room temperature IQ are gonna think Romans visited Kamchatka
MaximusZacharia on
Wonder why not Mongolia?
Inner_West_Ben on
What were they doing in Borneo?
oolongvanilla on
I would add more of Africa to the „maybe“ category – like Kenya, Tanzania, and possibly Mozambique. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea discusses the East African Coast as „Azania“ with bustling trade ports, with „Rhapta“ being furthest south. This seems like a percurser to the Zanj / Swahili Coast from a time before the Bantu-speaking people showed up.
There were also Roman expeditions to a large lake of hippos and rhinos south of the Sahara that was probably Lake Chad, which means the Romans could have reached Nigeria and Cameroon.
Puzzled-Capital3696 on
Define Roman first
TotalyOriginalUser on
It is so funny that they’ve been to Malaysia but for some reason didn’t get to Finland.
Modern borders are doing a lot of heavy lifting here. Just because they might have seen the steppe at some point doesn’t mean thy also visited fucking Kamchatka peninsula!
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Hey OP, what sources did you use for that?
Romans hanging out on Java….
There’s even speculation they made it to North America
I think the top half of the UK (Scotland as it’s known) needs a different key colour for “Too Scared”.
Sweden??? And not Norway? I’m disgusted. Disgusted, I say!
Woah! Why only a slim chance for Norway?
Dont ask me how I know this but I know they made it to South Sudan 100%
They went along the Nile until they stopped at the marshlands of South Dudan because they had no idea how to cross it, not even the locals knew
very useless to say that they made it to Kamchatka because the Byzantines interacted with the Kieven Rus‘.
I would put a lot of caveats on the most Eastern countries here. It’s not because you find coins for instance, that you have Romans. It’s not because one source says people were Romans that they were indeed and maybe it was just merchants from somewhere in the Middle who claimed to be Romans…
There is an extremely recent episode of the podcast „The Ancients“ about this: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4q9kcq1A86OBnYA4NFeiW8?si=OpJ76R7UQg-dA_QWM_ScUA&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A1DQF5Yi3m6LykJDwiy8qxh
Too easy to make a joke about their love for boys and a trip to Thailand…
Wow, I had no idea that all these countries existed during the Roman Empire. Unless you mean modern day residents of Rome just touring around nation-states.
I don’t think putting the Roman Empire on modern boarders is smart. It makes Roman which was already a huge ass empire look even bigger.
‚had been‘, ok, but I remember an inscription on the rocks around Gobustan, south of Baku, today Azerbaijan, by some centurion documenting the presence of the Legio XII Fulminata, and it felt like ‚please take me out of here, wanna go home‘, 2000 y ago. Mud volcanoes all over. Still nice to visit
I am a professor of Roman history and I can tell you this map is far from being accurate.
Damn they really got around.
I would think UAE and Oman are at least pretty likely.
„Hum, I feel like going to Vietnam today… Norway ? You mean NO WAY ? 😎😎😎“
Instead of countries locations would be better. People with room temperature IQ are gonna think Romans visited Kamchatka
Wonder why not Mongolia?
What were they doing in Borneo?
I would add more of Africa to the „maybe“ category – like Kenya, Tanzania, and possibly Mozambique. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea discusses the East African Coast as „Azania“ with bustling trade ports, with „Rhapta“ being furthest south. This seems like a percurser to the Zanj / Swahili Coast from a time before the Bantu-speaking people showed up.
There were also Roman expeditions to a large lake of hippos and rhinos south of the Sahara that was probably Lake Chad, which means the Romans could have reached Nigeria and Cameroon.
Define Roman first
It is so funny that they’ve been to Malaysia but for some reason didn’t get to Finland.
Also, what are you considering „Romans“
Do the Byzantines count?
Romans have been in the US. For instance, [Enrico Fermi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi) was born in Rome.
Modern borders are doing a lot of heavy lifting here. Just because they might have seen the steppe at some point doesn’t mean thy also visited fucking Kamchatka peninsula!