Comments by "mpetersen6" (@mpetersen6) on "Probably Rome's Furthest Expedition" video.

  1. Entirely possible. IMO more likely as either passengers on a trading vessel or they charted a trading vessel. That vessel could have originated in either India or SE Asia. The spice merchants along the Malabar Coast knew they had a good thing going. They were getting rich buying cheap and selling high. The last thing they wanted was the Roman's or their agents finding a way of going to the source. In the 1600s when the Dutch started sending fleets to the "Indies" they ould lose every ship in the fleet except one that got back and still make a fortune.
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  2. During the Apollo Program critics were known to say. "We sent people all the way to the Moon and they bring back rocks." What did they expect, aged green cheese?
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  3. Probably more likely the coin ended up there through various trading deals. A lot of Roman coinage had to have ended up in South Asia and SouthEast Asia simply due to the amount of spices the Romans imported. That drain on the Roman economy could be compared to the trade imbalances the US has seen with imported oil (1) and manufactured goods. 1) l remember a comment made by somebody in the 70s that having an energy policy that tied you to whims of Arab shieks. It wasn't a policy but willingly being the victim of an extortion racket
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