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-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoI turned up that they did some serious construction in Farafra. Would that have been considered Libya, or Egypt?
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 days agoEgypt, looks like! Roman Egypt roughly had the same borders as modern Egypt, with Cyrenaica being on the border with Libya, and modern-day Libya being, well, Libya, and Africa Proconsularis.
I turned up that they did some serious construction in Farafra. Would that have been considered Libya, or Egypt?
Egypt, looks like! Roman Egypt roughly had the same borders as modern Egypt, with Cyrenaica being on the border with Libya, and modern-day Libya being, well, Libya, and Africa Proconsularis.