What if the Romans Discovered America?
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Date: 2022-07-15
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Huge
My issue is with Vikings in New England, it's hard to express just how swampy and difficult the land is in Massachusetts, and all the northern states in the region are still sparsely populated and highly rural because it's so mountainous and rocky. The Vikings never had the societal or political pressures to settle and work that land like the 16th century puritans did. The fact that the Wampanoag still persist to this day despite the region being one of the first colonized speaks to the strength of their culture and knowledge of the region, something Celts or other iron age civilizations would struggle against immensely without gunpowder
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My issue is with Vikings in New England, it's hard to express just how swampy and difficult the land is in Massachusetts, and all the northern states in the region are still sparsely populated and highly rural because it's so mountainous and rocky. The Vikings never had the societal or political pressures to settle and work that land like the 16th century puritans did. The fact that the Wampanoag still persist to this day despite the region being one of the first colonized speaks to the strength of their culture and knowledge of the region, something Celts or other iron age civilizations would struggle against immensely without gunpowder
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NIK4
Believe me, it's worth reading all over. The Minoans discovered America. Many ancient Greek and Minoan symbols engraved in spirals were found in North America. Also a Minoan pendant the prince of lilies (The prince of lilies was an ancient Minoan fictional character painted in the palace of Knossos) But also the ancient Greek E (symbol of the oracle of Delphi) was found in a stone temple of pastries. was painted the prince of lilies that I explained before who he was. Minoan DNA (ie Cretan DNA) was also found in Indians! . So Columbus did not discover America, nor did the Normans America was discovered by the Minoans
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Believe me, it's worth reading all over. The Minoans discovered America. Many ancient Greek and Minoan symbols engraved in spirals were found in North America. Also a Minoan pendant the prince of lilies (The prince of lilies was an ancient Minoan fictional character painted in the palace of Knossos) But also the ancient Greek E (symbol of the oracle of Delphi) was found in a stone temple of pastries. was painted the prince of lilies that I explained before who he was. Minoan DNA (ie Cretan DNA) was also found in Indians! . So Columbus did not discover America, nor did the Normans America was discovered by the Minoans
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Dean
The founding fathers of the United States took great inspiration from the Roman Republic's governmental and legal system, symbolism, and architecture. So we do actually have a sense of what it could have looked like today if the Roman's had colonised America. But instead of just North America, South America as well would resemble the modern day United States. I assume the America's would have fractured like Europe after the fall of Western Rome, so you would have many Westernised/Romanised nations all over the America's in the present day.
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The founding fathers of the United States took great inspiration from the Roman Republic's governmental and legal system, symbolism, and architecture. So we do actually have a sense of what it could have looked like today if the Roman's had colonised America. But instead of just North America, South America as well would resemble the modern day United States. I assume the America's would have fractured like Europe after the fall of Western Rome, so you would have many Westernised/Romanised nations all over the America's in the present day.
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thuzan117
8: 00 Rome would have enslaved to some extent yes but if the inhabitants were truly pacifistic the Romans would have a hard time justifying any conquests. More likely there would be trading relationships and villages would become more intertwined with the Roman cities, it's worth noting that Roman administration was not as pervasive as one might think and most of the small settlements in the empire were left to handle their own affairs.
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8: 00 Rome would have enslaved to some extent yes but if the inhabitants were truly pacifistic the Romans would have a hard time justifying any conquests. More likely there would be trading relationships and villages would become more intertwined with the Roman cities, it's worth noting that Roman administration was not as pervasive as one might think and most of the small settlements in the empire were left to handle their own affairs.
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Kshaku
The whole cultural relics thing is a bit off. Shakespeare didn't sound like a southerner, but rather a weird fusion of a bunch of accents from the Americas and from Britain. Colonies tend to hold onto some linguistic relics that their homelands abandon, but they also develop their own unique stuff too. This reminds me of the whole Humans came from Chimps line. We didn't come from Chimps, we just have a common ancestor with Chimps.
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The whole cultural relics thing is a bit off. Shakespeare didn't sound like a southerner, but rather a weird fusion of a bunch of accents from the Americas and from Britain. Colonies tend to hold onto some linguistic relics that their homelands abandon, but they also develop their own unique stuff too. This reminds me of the whole Humans came from Chimps line. We didn't come from Chimps, we just have a common ancestor with Chimps.
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Steven
I actually read that the amphorae found at the bay of jars appeared to be of earlier Phoenician province or possibly Carthaginian. Which makes more sense as Herodotus wrote about Phoenician voyages that circumnavigated Africa and crossing to Brazil would be far easier than a trip to the Caribbean. Even if Rome did make such a voyage, they would most likely have learned of the New World from the Carthaginians anyway
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I actually read that the amphorae found at the bay of jars appeared to be of earlier Phoenician province or possibly Carthaginian. Which makes more sense as Herodotus wrote about Phoenician voyages that circumnavigated Africa and crossing to Brazil would be far easier than a trip to the Caribbean. Even if Rome did make such a voyage, they would most likely have learned of the New World from the Carthaginians anyway
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Imperium
Before this starts (Because it will probably already say this in the video) there is some evidence that Rome maybe actually did discover America. They have found Roman art and currency in South America. Although someone could have brought that over afterwards once the Europeans discovered the new world. Just Saying. I can at least say that when I was Emperor we knew nothing about said existence of a New World
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Before this starts (Because it will probably already say this in the video) there is some evidence that Rome maybe actually did discover America. They have found Roman art and currency in South America. Although someone could have brought that over afterwards once the Europeans discovered the new world. Just Saying. I can at least say that when I was Emperor we knew nothing about said existence of a New World
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Ben
The romans were nicer than most conquerors and usually tried to merge the native beliefs with their on in romanization. They also declared that conquered people had the same rights as those who had conquered although many were sold into slavery which was much different than spanish slavery. Rome didn't collapse because the people inside it wanted it to but because of a multitude of factors.
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The romans were nicer than most conquerors and usually tried to merge the native beliefs with their on in romanization. They also declared that conquered people had the same rights as those who had conquered although many were sold into slavery which was much different than spanish slavery. Rome didn't collapse because the people inside it wanted it to but because of a multitude of factors.
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Nigel
Such large distances would've forced the Romans to innovate significantly in terms of naval technology. The improved ocean-faring methods would've led them to colonising Southern Africa as well. Since the Bantu expansion was only just beginning at that time, the Romans easily would've expanded into all of Southern and much of Central Africa.
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Such large distances would've forced the Romans to innovate significantly in terms of naval technology. The improved ocean-faring methods would've led them to colonising Southern Africa as well. Since the Bantu expansion was only just beginning at that time, the Romans easily would've expanded into all of Southern and much of Central Africa.
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