PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Rough Roman Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoThe world according to the ROMANSlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down12cross-posted to: cartographyanarchy@lemm.ee
arrow-up187arrow-down1external-linkThe world according to the ROMANSlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Rough Roman Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square23fedilinkcross-posted to: cartographyanarchy@lemm.ee
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 days agoThe Baeleric Islands were known for providing high-quality slingers as military forces to the Roman Empire.
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-211 days agoI feel like these names arent all from the same period, tho they make for a humerus map (iirc the maps of the day were just road schematics).
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 days agoThis later copy of a 2nd century AD original might interest you!
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoYes, oh my, I’ve known abut this one! What I always think of as “a Roman map” was like the Tabula Peutingeriana, a sort of 1.5D representation of how far things are from Rome.
Slingers?
The Baeleric Islands were known for providing high-quality slingers as military forces to the Roman Empire.
Thanks
I feel like these names arent all from the same period, tho they make for a humerus map (iirc the maps of the day were just road schematics).
This later copy of a 2nd century AD original might interest you!
Yes, oh my, I’ve known abut this one!
What I always think of as “a Roman map” was like the Tabula Peutingeriana, a sort of 1.5D representation of how far things are from Rome.