• Aielman15@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Goddamit I never realized that the Golden Fleece myth was located that far. I always place greek/romans myths in a nebulous “some random ass island located somewhere in the Mediterranean”, but it makes sense that the greeks would locate some of their stories in the Black Sea, which was very near their homeland.

  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Is there any info on how far into the Sahara the Romans conquered, exactly? I know there was the one exploratory expedition where they reached the other side. (Or was that Carthage?)

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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      12 days ago

      Is there any info on how far into the Sahara the Romans conquered, exactly?

      Bit of a funny question, and depends on what you count as conquered. The Garamantians were subdued at one point by Septimius Severus, which is a good chunk inland.

      I know there was the one exploratory expedition where they reached the other side. (Or was that Carthage?)

      There’s actually an excellent wiki article on just that