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People definitely travelled. For business, religion, and pleasure. There wouldn't be such extensive roads if they didn't.
by shuntress 3y ago
People definitely travelled. For business, religion, and pleasure.
There wouldn't be such extensive roads if they didn't.
- INTPenis 3y agoSure, but for the vast majority of workers and artisans they would most likely do a pilgrimage. And we have found tons of little charms, even penises, but they are all much smaller than any of the dodecahedrons. Travel with luggage is what I was referring to as rare for most people.
- ffgjgf1 3y agoIsn’t long distance “pilgrimage” more of a Christian thing and it didn’t really become that widespread until the 300s or 400s?
- INTPenis 3y agoThey sure are. During roman period most likely people traveled for festivals. Archaeologists have found what could be temporarily built up areas for festivals. And it is known that festivals were a big thing that gave the population a break from work. Which is what I personally would like to connect with the famous penis pendants, but nobody knows for sure. They could just be fertility symbols related to courtship and marriage. FYI I'm doing a lot of guessing here, which is apt when it comes to discussing dodecahedrons. In my opinion you can look at contemporary, or near contemporary, rural communities and see a lot of similarities with ancient society.
- arp242 3y agoPeople travelled, but regular people didn't routinely travel to the other side of the empire. The road network was probably used more for "local travel" than "far travel".
- ffgjgf1 3y agoThe roads were mainly for the army though. And water travel was almost always preferable when traveling long distances (the cost of shipping for goods was a magnitude or more lower).