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The mediterranean is very calm, there's no way to compare that with crossing an ocean. Romans had trouble even to get into Britain (Ceasar almost died there in
by alganet 8y ago
The mediterranean is very calm, there's no way to compare that with crossing an ocean. Romans had trouble even to get into Britain (Ceasar almost died there in two failed expeditions).
I should have phrased in another way as you said, though. It was not a fair assertion.
- freeflight 8y agoI'm not sure comparing those two is really that useful. Wouldn't a large scale military invasion have vastly higher logistical requirements than sending out a purely exploratory party? Afaik many Roman soldiers were also quite wary of going to Britain, a land they considered even more foreign and savage than Germania, which probably added to the Roman struggle of gaining any foothold.