Romans in Okinawa - Japan? [5:58]

Transcript
0:02 · my name is Dr Raoul McLaughlin and my subject is
0:06 · the Roman economy including trade beyond
0:08 · the Imperial
0:10 · Frontiers I have published several books
0:12 · on this
0:13 · subject I am a member of the ccil of the
0:16 · classical Association of Northern
0:18 · Ireland the question
0:21 · is why were Roman copper coins beneath
0:24 · the ruins of a Japanese
0:26 · Castle the find was a collection of
0:30 · Roman Byzantine coins dating from 300 to
0:34 · 400
0:35 · ad the Eastern Roman Empire with its
0:38 · capital at Constantinople survived the
0:41 · collaps of Rome and the West in the
0:43 · fifth
0:44 · century this Eastern Empire known as
0:47 · banum Incorporated the Balkans Greece
0:51 · Asia Minor Syria and
0:54 · Egypt assassinate Empire of ancient
0:57 · Persia restricted bantine access to the
0:59 · the silk roots that led across Iran but
1:03 · the Egyptian Red Sea ports gave these
1:05 · Eastern Romans another route to reach
1:08 · the markets of southern
1:10 · Asia a bantine merchant known as kmas in
1:15 · custies sailed the Red Sea Roots during
1:17 · the early 6th Century ad and left an
1:20 · account of his commercial travels in a
1:22 · work known as a Christian
1:25 · topography in ad
1:28 · 522 Cosmos traveled to the Ethiopian
1:31 · trade Port of adalis where he spoke to
1:34 · bantine Merchants who had visited the
1:36 · island of Sri
1:37 · Lanka they provided him with a full
1:40 · account of the Commerce conducted across
1:42 · southern
1:43 · Asia Sri Lanka on the southern tip of
1:46 · India was centrally placed for Indian
1:49 · Ocean Commerce and therefore functioned
1:52 · as an intermediary market for merchants
1:54 · coming from many distant
1:56 · regions Cosmos explains that the island
2:00 · is on a central position and is
2:02 · frequented by ships from all parts of
2:05 · India Persia and
2:08 · Ethiopia it sends out many of its own
2:10 · ships and from the most remotest
2:13 · countries including China and other
2:15 · Trading Places it receives silk Alo
2:19 · cloves and
2:22 · Sandalwood copper was in high demand as
2:25 · a trade commodity because it was used to
2:28 · manufacture rust resistant metal
2:30 · fittings for ocean vessels and Byzantine
2:33 · ships sailing to the island carried
2:35 · scrap metal batches of old Roman
2:38 · coinage confirmation of this trade comes
2:41 · from large hordes of late Roman copper
2:44 · coins discovered in Southern India and
2:46 · Sri
2:48 · Lanka the sailing route from Sri Lanka
2:50 · to China is described by a Chinese
2:53 · Buddhist monk named faxian who traveled
2:56 · to the island in ad 400 and later wrote
2:59 · an account of his travels called a
3:02 · record of the Buddhist kingdoms faxian
3:05 · reached India VI the Overland silk roots
3:08 · and spent 2 years in Sri Lanka before
3:11 · sailing on an Indian vessel headed for
3:14 · China this large merchant ship carried
3:17 · 200 crew and passengers on a two-e
3:20 · sailing across to the Bay of
3:23 · Bengal the pilots of these vessels had
3:26 · limited navigation techniques and when
3:28 · sailing South arrived in the Malay
3:30 · Peninsula the ship was caught in a
3:32 · violent
3:33 · storm after 90 days at Sea the damaged
3:37 · vessel made landfall on the island of
3:39 · java from there faxian was able to board
3:43 · another large Indian ship sailing to
3:46 · China and after more than 80 days at Sea
3:49 · with unfavorable wind conditions they
3:52 · may landfall near Mount Lao on the coast
3:54 · of northern China near the Korean
3:58 · Peninsula this Trade Network explains
4:01 · how batches of Roman copper coins could
4:04 · reach Chinese ports less than a year
4:07 · after they were loaded aboard bantine
4:08 · ships in the Red Sea harbors of
4:13 · Egypt connections between China and
4:15 · Japan increased during the Asuka era 6th
4:19 · to 8th centuries ad as Buddhism reached
4:23 · the island from neighboring
4:25 · Korea Buddhist institutions were often
4:28 · established close to to Royal sites to
4:30 · gain influence and acquire State
4:34 · patronage as part of their religious
4:36 · practices Buddhist sometimes deposited
4:39 · small votive offerings close to holy
4:42 · sites and these artifacts often included
4:45 · unusual rare antique or valuable
4:49 · objects many smallscale Roman coin finds
4:52 · in Northern India were discovered near
4:54 · Buddhist shrines and perhaps this
4:57 · explains why Roman copper coin coins
5:00 · came to be buried at SES in
5:02 · Japan Buddhist Merchants missionaries or
5:06 · travelers from China would have brought
5:08 · foreign coins to Japan among their trade
5:11 · goods personal belongings curios or
5:16 · keepsakes so that is one suggestion as
5:19 · to how Roman copper coins came to be
5:22 · deposited under a castle on an island in
5:28 · Japan for further information subscribe
5:31 · to my channel and follow the links to my
5:33 · books the Roman Empire and the Indian
5:36 · Ocean and The Roman Empire and the Silk
5:40 · Routes, thank you.

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IIRC, just a few years back a Roman ship was found in the mud of a Vietnamese river.............

Cool.

...41... nuts, I lost count again...

That rings a bell... it may have been a Roman-era... [rustling sound, steps receding down a long hallway...] I remember it, can’t find it.

Ah, here it is:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1619016/posts

Transcript
0:02	·	my name is Dr Raoul McLaughlin and my subject is
0:06	·	the Roman economy including trade beyond
0:08	·	the Imperial
0:10	·	Frontiers I have published several books
0:12	·	on this
0:13	·	subject I am a member of the ccil of the
0:16	·	classical Association of Northern
0:18	·	Ireland the question
0:21	·	is why were Roman copper coins beneath
0:24	·	the ruins of a Japanese
0:26	·	Castle the find was a collection of
0:30	·	Roman Byzantine coins dating from 300 to
0:34	·	400
0:35	·	ad the Eastern Roman Empire with its
0:38	·	capital at Constantinople survived the
0:41	·	collaps of Rome and the West in the
0:43	·	fifth
0:44	·	century this Eastern Empire known as
0:47	·	banum Incorporated the Balkans Greece
0:51	·	Asia Minor Syria and
0:54	·	Egypt assassinate Empire of ancient
0:57	·	Persia restricted bantine access to the
0:59	·	the silk roots that led across Iran but
1:03	·	the Egyptian Red Sea ports gave these
1:05	·	Eastern Romans another route to reach
1:08	·	the markets of southern
1:10	·	Asia a bantine merchant known as kmas in
1:15	·	custies sailed the Red Sea Roots during
1:17	·	the early 6th Century ad and left an
1:20	·	account of his commercial travels in a
1:22	·	work known as a Christian
1:25	·	topography in ad
1:28	·	522 Cosmos traveled to the Ethiopian
1:31	·	trade Port of adalis where he spoke to
1:34	·	bantine Merchants who had visited the
1:36	·	island of Sri
1:37	·	Lanka they provided him with a full
1:40	·	account of the Commerce conducted across
1:42	·	southern
1:43	·	Asia Sri Lanka on the southern tip of
1:46	·	India was centrally placed for Indian
1:49	·	Ocean Commerce and therefore functioned
1:52	·	as an intermediary market for merchants
1:54	·	coming from many distant
1:56	·	regions Cosmos explains that the island
2:00	·	is on a central position and is
2:02	·	frequented by ships from all parts of
2:05	·	India Persia and
2:08	·	Ethiopia it sends out many of its own
2:10	·	ships and from the most remotest
2:13	·	countries including China and other
2:15	·	Trading Places it receives silk Alo
2:19	·	cloves and
2:22	·	Sandalwood copper was in high demand as
2:25	·	a trade commodity because it was used to
2:28	·	manufacture rust resistant metal
2:30	·	fittings for ocean vessels and Byzantine
2:33	·	ships sailing to the island carried
2:35	·	scrap metal batches of old Roman
2:38	·	coinage confirmation of this trade comes
2:41	·	from large hordes of late Roman copper
2:44	·	coins discovered in Southern India and
2:46	·	Sri
2:48	·	Lanka the sailing route from Sri Lanka
2:50	·	to China is described by a Chinese
2:53	·	Buddhist monk named faxian who traveled
2:56	·	to the island in ad 400 and later wrote
2:59	·	an account of his travels called a
3:02	·	record of the Buddhist kingdoms faxian
3:05	·	reached India VI the Overland silk roots
3:08	·	and spent 2 years in Sri Lanka before
3:11	·	sailing on an Indian vessel headed for
3:14	·	China this large merchant ship carried
3:17	·	200 crew and passengers on a two-e
3:20	·	sailing across to the Bay of
3:23	·	Bengal the pilots of these vessels had
3:26	·	limited navigation techniques and when
3:28	·	sailing South arrived in the Malay
3:30	·	Peninsula the ship was caught in a
3:32	·	violent
3:33	·	storm after 90 days at Sea the damaged
3:37	·	vessel made landfall on the island of
3:39	·	java from there faxian was able to board
3:43	·	another large Indian ship sailing to
3:46	·	China and after more than 80 days at Sea
3:49	·	with unfavorable wind conditions they
3:52	·	may landfall near Mount Lao on the coast
3:54	·	of northern China near the Korean
3:58	·	Peninsula this Trade Network explains
4:01	·	how batches of Roman copper coins could
4:04	·	reach Chinese ports less than a year
4:07	·	after they were loaded aboard bantine
4:08	·	ships in the Red Sea harbors of
4:13	·	Egypt connections between China and
4:15	·	Japan increased during the Asuka era 6th
4:19	·	to 8th centuries ad as Buddhism reached
4:23	·	the island from neighboring
4:25	·	Korea Buddhist institutions were often
4:28	·	established close to to Royal sites to
4:30	·	gain influence and acquire State
4:34	·	patronage as part of their religious
4:36	·	practices Buddhist sometimes deposited
4:39	·	small votive offerings close to holy
4:42	·	sites and these artifacts often included
4:45	·	unusual rare antique or valuable
4:49	·	objects many smallscale Roman coin finds
4:52	·	in Northern India were discovered near
4:54	·	Buddhist shrines and perhaps this
4:57	·	explains why Roman copper coin coins
5:00	·	came to be buried at SES in
5:02	·	Japan Buddhist Merchants missionaries or
5:06	·	travelers from China would have brought
5:08	·	foreign coins to Japan among their trade
5:11	·	goods personal belongings curios or
5:16	·	keepsakes so that is one suggestion as
5:19	·	to how Roman copper coins came to be
5:22	·	deposited under a castle on an island in
5:28	·	Japan for further information subscribe
5:31	·	to my channel and follow the links to my
5:33	·	books the Roman Empire and the Indian
5:36	·	Ocean and The Roman Empire and the Silk
5:40	·	Routes, thank you.