The Indians wanted coral, horses, olive oil, wine, GOLD, et al.

The Romans travelled by seas a distance of 4,087 miles all the way to India where they had brisk reciprocal trade: the Romans took back from India pepper, sandalwood, ivory, indigo, peacocks, et al. Many Roman artifacts have been discovered all over the known world at that time. From a visit by an Emperor in the 40’s AD, archeologists uncovered the remains of a wine barrel from Emperor Caligula’s personal vineyard. These pottery shards (left) were found in Holland (1028 miles away from Rome) at a frontier Roman military fort in Vechten have yielded over the many years not only pottery shards but a Roman ship. The Romans exported and imported wine and olive oil, the gas/fuel/light of the ancient world. Roman pottery shards found in East Yorkshire, England The many shards of fine pottery, mosaics, and elaborate bowls which have been unearthed suggests trading links with their native home Rome. Archaeologists found not only remnants of homes but of infants buried near the homes. 300’s AD family settlement of Roman people in East Yorkshire, England is believed to be one of the earliest Roman settlements in Britain. It took many battles for Rome to win that little isle but by 100 AD the Roman military had built most of the 8,000 miles of Roman roads in Britain which allowed troops and goods to travel easily across the country. In 43 AD the Roman Emperor Claudius ordered four legions to conquer Britain. So he went back to Rome a NATIONAL HERO with an over-sized ego.ĬLICK HERE for article on the Assassination of Julius caesar In 52 BC Caesar conquered Gaul (modern-day France, parts of Belgium, western Germany, and northern Italy). His foray into this “foreign/new” territory was not a success. The first Roman general to “invade” England was Julius Caesar in 55-54 BC. But wouldn’t they look great as a huge painting?” - An English woman from her diary Example of Roman pottery shards found during casual walks in LondonĢ,000 years after the Romans made this pottery in Rome, shards of it still turn up as far away from Rome as London, England (c.1,125 miles). “On Tuesday, as I walked across Hampstead Heath something blue among the stones on the path caught my eye nearby were other shards of pottery and glass.

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