[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

India had a long fascination for the Romans, going back to Alexander the Great," Dr Tomber said.

Glass and precious stones are key finds in the site area "Alexander was a huge model for succeeding Roman emperors."

Problem with Dr Tombers facts. Alexander was Macedonian/Greek, not Roman. Otherwise, interesting story.

[RightWhale]

Everything west of Baghdad was Rome in those days. Alexander might as well have been Roman as far as the Persians were concerned, which is probably where the scholar got his info.

[bkepley]

Problem with Dr Tombers facts. Alexander was Macedonian/Greek, not Roman. Otherwise, interesting story.

I don't see the problem in his facts he said Alexander was a model for the Roman emperors not that he himself was Roman and the Romans were most definitely beholden to the Greeks.