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Posted on 10/11/2007 11:55:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists have discovered a Roman cemetery from about 300 A.D. in suburban Copenhagen with about 30 graves, a newspaper reported Wednesday. "It is something special and rare in Denmark to have so many (ancient Roman) graves in one place," archaeologist Rune Iversen was quoted as saying by the Roskilde Dagblad newspaper. The graveyard's exact location in Ishoej, southwest of downtown Copenhagen, was being kept secret until the archaeologists from the nearby Kroppedal Museum have completed their work, the newspaper wrote... Archaeologists found necklaces and other personal belongings, as well as ceramics for containing food. "It shows that we're dealing with the wealthy segment of that population," Iversen was quoted as saying. The objects were buried with the deceased "to show that one could afford it, show one's social status." Excavations are due to be completed in early November...
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Posted on 04/27/2005 2:26:07 AM EDT by SunkenCiv
This fifth or sixth century A.D. statue of the Buddha from northern India was found in a Viking treasure horde on the Swedish island of Helgö. Globalization is clearly not a recent phenomenon... [F]ew people got around as much as the Vikings. From their Scandinavian coves they visited, raided, traded with and settled in lands from Newfoundland to Baghdad. They conquered Britain, terrorized Ireland and France, settled Iceland, raided Spain and ranged throughout the Mediterranean basin. They established a major presence in Russia, the Ukraine and the Crimea, sending their longboats down the Volga into the Black Sea. They raided Constantinople no less than four times... It is unlikely that any of his ideas made it to Viking Sweden, but one never knows.
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As I understand it, the Viking period began in the middle 8th century, which means that 3rd and 5th century artifacts in Copenhagen are most likely brought by outsiders. In the 3rd century it is likely that Roman merchants established trading posts in the Baltic, since in that era the Empire was making no efforts to expand in northern Europe. A statue of Buddha dated to tje Emperorship of Justinian, probably resulted from Persian - Byzantine trade, when they weren’t making war. The Persians of course were in contact with some of the Buddhists in south Asia and the Himmalayas.
It’s interesting that there was a Roman presence that far east (and north) of the mouth of the Rhine, but that border was particularly fluid. I suspect the amber trade probably made it attractive in Roman times as well. The Romans really got around, but I juxtaposed those to show more of a continuity of trade.
Bernheze Roman Bronze Hoard from the Netherlands
Minerva: the International Review of Ancient Art and Archaeology
Last Updated: Friday, 9 July, 2004 at 3:10:29pm | Ruurd B. Halbertsma
Posted on 03/24/2005 2:56:02 AM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1369464/posts
The Romans in Ireland
Archaeology Today | 2000? | L.A. Curchin
Posted on 07/18/2004 11:54:58 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1173950/posts
The Voyage around the Erythraean Sea
Silk Road | 2004 | William H. Schoff
Posted on 09/12/2004 10:55:44 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1214273/posts
Lycian Influence To The Indian Cave Temples
The Guide to the Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent | spring of 2000 | Takeo Kamiya
Posted on 07/12/2005 1:37:19 AM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1440990/posts
Tamil Trade
INTAMM | 1997 | Xavier S. Thani Nayagam
Posted on 09/11/2004 11:07:01 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1213591/posts
Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Maritime Spice Route Between India, Egypt
Popular Science | 2-8-2004
Posted on 02/08/2004 3:57:17 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1074033/posts
Roman-Style Column Bolsters Han Dynasty Tomb
Peoples Daily | 4-9-2007
Posted on 04/08/2007 9:41:47 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1814182/posts
1,700-Year-Old ‘Roman Glass’ Discovered In East China
Xinhua/China.org | 11-20-2005
Posted on 11/20/2005 4:31:32 PM EST by blam
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Hey, we probably are anyway, in multiple ways. :’)
“1,700-Year-Old ‘Roman Glass’ Discovered In East China”
Could that have been a lingering leftover from the Captured Legionnaires of Marcus Crassus’s failed attempt to conquer the Parthians?
Nope, seagoing Roman trade with China (as well as possible overland “silk road” traffic) went on, and in at least one case was documented in China, a Han court record which lists the correct emperor for the year in which the reference was made. Also, the Chinese sent an ambassador and trade expedition to the Persian Gulf, and just missed the Romans (the occupation of Mesopotamia only lasted a year or two; Trajan conquered it, died, and Hadrian decided to drop it).
Archeologists discover ancient graffiti on China’s Great Wall
Yahoo News | July 11, 2004 | AFP
Posted on 07/11/2004 7:17:46 PM EDT by FairOpinion
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1169415/posts
Romans in China?
Archaeology | Volume 52 Number 3, May/June 1999 | Erling Hoh
Posted on 07/18/2004 11:43:09 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1173944/posts
Roman Legion Founded Chinese City
Ansa | 7-25-2005
Posted on 07/31/2005 12:31:23 PM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1454296/posts
Roman Descendants Found In China?
The Telegraph (UK) | 2-2-2007 | Richard Spencer
Posted on 02/01/2007 9:08:49 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1777711/posts
Thanks UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide for...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1166283/posts?page=127#127
Castaways
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_embassies_to_China#Castaways
Pomponius Mela (Book III,Chapter 5), copied by Pliny the Elder, wrote that Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer, proconsul in Gaul, 59 BCE, got ‘several Indians’ (Indi) as a present from a Germanic king. The Indians were driven by a storm to the coasts of Germania (in tempestatem ex Indicis aequoribus):
Metellus Celer recalls the following: when he was Proconsul in Gaul, he was given people from India by the king of the Sueves; upon asking why they were in this land, he learnt that they were caught in a storm away from India, that they became castaways, and finally landed on the coasts of Germany. They thus resisted the sea, but suffered from the cold for the rest of their travel, and that is the reason why they left. (Sueves is an emendation to the text.)
It is unclear whether these castaways were people from India or Eastern Asia, since “Indians” designated all Asians, Indian and beyond, during Roman times. Pomponius is using these Indi as evidence for the Northeast Passage and the northward strait out of the Caspian Sea (which in Antiquity was usually thought to be open to Oceanus in the north). Edward Herbert Bunbury suggests that they were of Finnish origin. There are also some speculations that they may have been American Indians castaway across the Atlantic.
Some confusion may be suspected in this passage since Metellus Celer died before taking up his proconsulship, thus leaving it free for Julius Caesar.
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A few years ago (actually, quite a few years ago) they accidentally discovered what everyone thought was a concrete Buddha actually concealed a gold Buddha. It was covered when the Burmese invaded and sacked Ayutthya. It’s on display in Bangkok at a temple.
I’ve always steered clear of Bangkok.
Most people do. Bangkok is hot and crowded and has some of the worst traffic in the world. I don’t know why, but I enjoy it. There are fascinating sights, I find the city vibrant and there is great food. But I also really like Chaing Mai, the anti-Bangkok.
Auntie Bangkok also sounds dangerous. ;’)
Copenhagen would be the perfect choice if the Romans wanted to control trade and other maritime traffic in and out of the Baltic. Finds of Roman troops movements and permanent camps are turning up deeper east and north that had previously been accepted under the dominant bias. See the Romanbaltic keyword for more topics.
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