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What Was Rome's Most Remote Outpost? DOCUMENTARY

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We embark on a search for Roman Empire's most remote outpost! If you love history, you know the truth is never one-sided. See all sides of today’s news at http://ground.news/Invicta and get 40% off the Vantage plan.

Timestamps for the video
03:51 Measuring Remoteness
10:52 The Discovery
14:31 Background on the region’s geography
18:26 Background on the region’s history
21:18 Origins of the outpost
24:06 A journey to the outpost
27:46 Life at the outpost

Sources:
"A Latin inscription from South Arabia" by Carl Phillips (https://www.jstor.org/stable/41223821)
"The Chronology of Roman Trade in the Indian Ocean from Augustus to Early Third Century CE" by
Matthew Cobb
"Geography, Book XVI, Chapter IV" by Strabo

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