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Fash-E
@Fash-E@poa.st · Jul 14
@nierenstein@poa.st Ancient Roman Maps
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Hoosierborean King
@reallyangry@poa.st · Jul 14
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@Fash-E@poa.st @nierenstein@poa.st you know,t hat second map aint' actually that bad for oold fuckin maps, it's actually exceptional.
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Hoosierborean King
@reallyangry@poa.st · Jul 14
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@Fash-E@poa.st @nierenstein@poa.st it also sorta highlights that the romans knew the earth was spheroid.
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Fash-E
@Fash-E@poa.st · Jul 14
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@reallyangry@poa.st @nierenstein@poa.st its from Greco-Roman polymath Claudius Ptolemy
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Fash-E
@Fash-E@poa.st · Jul 14
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@reallyangry@poa.st @nierenstein@poa.st apparently they mapped parts of east asia in the 2nd century but thought it was much larger than it really is
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Frondeur
@Frondeur@poa.st · Jul 14
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@Fash-E@poa.st @reallyangry@poa.st @nierenstein@poa.st im confused...i thought the romans didn't draw maps...and ptolemy just left like detailed math and coordinates of locations...
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Fash-E
@Fash-E@poa.st · Jul 14
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@Frondeur@poa.st @reallyangry@poa.st @nierenstein@poa.st Apparently he mapped the peoples of Europe in 150 AD
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Fash-E
@Fash-E@poa.st · Jul 14
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@MartianM00n@poa.st @Frondeur@poa.st @reallyangry@poa.st @nierenstein@poa.st its the first bulgarian empire 500 years early
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Malacandrian GEMINI
@MartianM00n@poa.st · Jul 15
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@Fash-E@poa.st @Frondeur@poa.st @reallyangry@poa.st @nierenstein@poa.st Oh. Okay.
How did the Bulgarians feel about cheese???
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hazlin 
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-374/??? @hazlin@annihilation.social · Jul 14
@nierenstein@poa.st the trefoil world
