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However, I'm under the impression that the Roman Empire was a lot more linked than we think when we say "they didn't have cars or airplanes". Sea/river transpo
by nottorp 2y ago
However, I'm under the impression that the Roman Empire was a lot more linked than we think when we say "they didn't have cars or airplanes".
Sea/river transport has been available since the first monkey climbed on a floating log and it was already widespread, cheap and convenient even 2k years ago.
- sidewndr46 2y agoHuman population was only a tiny fraction of 20th century numbers back then. There were no casual travelers from Constantinpole to Buenos Aires at all.
- nottorp 2y agoNot that far, but you could probably carry a virus from Tomis [1] to Gades [2] via several merchant ships. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constan%C8%9Ba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constan%C8%9Ba [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A1diz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A1diz