oh that’s interesting. Any reason the romans oriented with asia to the north?
Any high resolution ?
Very interesting, but in low resolution it’s very hard to figure.
And, for the sake, when a satellite took this picture ? /s So, you say Roman, but can you date this map ?
This is their emipre xD
I would have thought they’d have Rome as the center. Also, love their fonts
Sweden and norway: 🥲🥲🥲
I thought it was a wrong map until I turned my pone sideways. Amazing to see they put it vertically
I love how the Romans managed to detail all the Greek and Scottish Islands, yet most modern maps on reddit just delete them all completely.
Edit:Well aware this isn’t a Roman map but the maps I have seen (they’ve done a map where Britain is on it’s side) they have managed to include Orkney, Hebrides, Shetland and even Thule). Modern maps on reddit seem to omit a lot of island despite them being a template.
Caledonia and Britannia are very accurate for a Roman map. Unless I’m mistaken or something.
Thought it was the paradox interactive logo for a sec.
Denmark is depicted quite accurately…
The British Isles are strangely accurate compared to the rest of this map, especially considering how insignificant they were at the time
*Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs…*
…in one of which, a small village keeps holding on…
India is hella far from Rome…
Is Seres supposed to be China?
I know that the two traded with each other, but Rome clearly had a very poor grasp of geography outside of its borders.
And back at it again with r/mapswithoutnewzealand
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honestly, huge respect for them to doing this map; looks great
We laugh at these maps now, but I wonder if I could draw these locations better from memory.
Sooo cool. Is this genuine? UK is so accurate
For everyone asking, this map isn’t real. It seems to be an attempt at reconstructing Agrippa’s lost map. The names are fine. The level of detail is beyond what the Romans knew at the time. The characters are clearly a modern typography.
Woah. Was “east” really usually at the top of their maps like that?
why is denmark so clear
Is that Japan up there?
For some reason it really surprises me that Romans and Japan interacted, I don’t know why.
I highly doubt the Romans knew anything about the existence of Madagascar or much else about Sub Saharan Africa. Same with the Far East. The Easternmost point the Romans got to was Azerbaijan. It’s possible they knew something about the East through the records in Greece from Alexander’s Empire, but that’s just speculation
see? told ya the earth is flat! /s
Hey its actually somewhat accurate if you turn it to the right. Minus America. But that’s the way it shouldve always been.
took me a while to spin the map in my head and make sense. I didnt see the white continent tags at first and the turning point was when i saw Thracia is bellow asian states
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oh that’s interesting. Any reason the romans oriented with asia to the north?
Any high resolution ?
Very interesting, but in low resolution it’s very hard to figure.
And, for the sake, when a satellite took this picture ? /s So, you say Roman, but can you date this map ?
This is their emipre xD
I would have thought they’d have Rome as the center. Also, love their fonts
Sweden and norway: 🥲🥲🥲
I thought it was a wrong map until I turned my pone sideways. Amazing to see they put it vertically
I love how the Romans managed to detail all the Greek and Scottish Islands, yet most modern maps on reddit just delete them all completely.
Edit:Well aware this isn’t a Roman map but the maps I have seen (they’ve done a map where Britain is on it’s side) they have managed to include Orkney, Hebrides, Shetland and even Thule). Modern maps on reddit seem to omit a lot of island despite them being a template.
Caledonia and Britannia are very accurate for a Roman map. Unless I’m mistaken or something.
Thought it was the paradox interactive logo for a sec.
Denmark is depicted quite accurately…
The British Isles are strangely accurate compared to the rest of this map, especially considering how insignificant they were at the time
*Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs…*
…in one of which, a small village keeps holding on…
India is hella far from Rome…
Is Seres supposed to be China?
I know that the two traded with each other, but Rome clearly had a very poor grasp of geography outside of its borders.
And back at it again with r/mapswithoutnewzealand
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honestly, huge respect for them to doing this map; looks great
We laugh at these maps now, but I wonder if I could draw these locations better from memory.
Sooo cool. Is this genuine? UK is so accurate
For everyone asking, this map isn’t real. It seems to be an attempt at reconstructing Agrippa’s lost map. The names are fine. The level of detail is beyond what the Romans knew at the time. The characters are clearly a modern typography.
Woah. Was “east” really usually at the top of their maps like that?
why is denmark so clear
Is that Japan up there?
For some reason it really surprises me that Romans and Japan interacted, I don’t know why.
flipped for a better view
https://i.gyazo.com/fd9d80d14597a64847a1ef4b3b164160.png
I highly doubt the Romans knew anything about the existence of Madagascar or much else about Sub Saharan Africa. Same with the Far East. The Easternmost point the Romans got to was Azerbaijan. It’s possible they knew something about the East through the records in Greece from Alexander’s Empire, but that’s just speculation
see? told ya the earth is flat! /s
Hey its actually somewhat accurate if you turn it to the right. Minus America. But that’s the way it shouldve always been.
took me a while to spin the map in my head and make sense. I didnt see the white continent tags at first and the turning point was when i saw Thracia is bellow asian states
Hellenocentric, not heliocentric.