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Roman World (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] FiniteBanjo 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I take issue with the wording. They already knew the earth was round and approximately 5000 stadia. Eratosthenes of Cyrene had proved it over a century before then.

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[–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

They knew the Earth was round, yes, and I admit they could've used wording with a little less ambiguity. I think the best way to look at this is that the map shows what the Romans KNEW was there

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