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Roman Exploration

Roman Exploration. Roman Exploration?. Rome insular Uninterested in cartography, geography, other cultures? No attempt at diplomatic relationships? Never traveled beyond known borders of empire. To the North…. Into areas of Germanic and Celtic occupation Caesar Gaul Brittania.

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Roman Exploration

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  1. Roman Exploration

  2. Roman Exploration? • Rome insular • Uninterested in cartography, geography, other cultures? • No attempt at diplomatic relationships? • Never traveled beyond known borders of empire

  3. To the North… • Into areas of Germanic and Celtic occupation • Caesar • Gaul • Brittania

  4. To the east…

  5. To the East… • Regular trade with India • Trade with China • Chinese embassies in Seleucid Empire • Chinese silk in Rome • Diplomatic missions to Rome itself? • In the reign of Augustus (27 BCE- 14CE) • Funan • Óc Eo

  6. Roman Coins from SouthEastern India Coins of Caligula (31-41 CE) and Nero’s reign (54-68 CE)

  7. Cultural Exchange First Century CE Indian Augustus Coin in the Roman Style

  8. Cultural Exchange

  9. Roman Explorers Going East • Maës Titianus (ca 100 CE) • Roman Mission (166 CE)

  10. Óc Eo

  11. Opening the Silk Road

  12. To the Southeast • Aelius Gallus • Prefect of Egypt (25 -24 BCE) • Expedition to Arabia Felix across desert • Destruction of army • Failed attempt • Strabo

  13. Explorations to the South • African trade • Gold • Exotic animals • Julius Maternus • Nero Expedition • TRADE

  14. Early African trade Routes

  15. A Global Trade Network

  16. not

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