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Did the timber yard ask if it was for outdoor use, in which case the stipes would need to be 75-90 cm longer to go into the ground?
For indoor use, they would need to make a strong & stable stand, to rest on the floor.
You need to deal with professionals or a nasty upset could result.
 
Eulalia said:
Some Roman coins were found in a Japanese castle a couple of years ago -
but ... https://www.the-tls.co.uk/romans-get-japan/
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Interesting. Neither of the articles I found through that link explains the context of these finds. Where they found in a wall, a pot, a bag, scattered in soil matrix?
The one coin illustrated is in very poor condition, hardly what you would call collectable. This is the coin, and this is one of a similar size and vintage showing what it should look like. I've handled literally thousands of Roman coins, and this one appears to have spent many centuries buried in soil that was not sympathetic to its preservation.
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I wonder, given the dates. Could these Constantinian coins have belonged to a Portuguese missionary? Perhapsthey were dug up and given to him as a keepsake of Constantine the Great, the man who made Christianity an acceptable religion in the Roman Empire? Perhaps he carried these ugly but personally significant momentos on his far eastern travels, until finally coming to grief at the hands of some Japanese lord?
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Perhaps. It's more plausible to me than that there was some 16th century Japanese collector of western coins!

More data needed.
 
It seems they were found in a bag buried in deposits going back some 300 years during the occupation of the fort (12th - 15th centuries CE), 4 Roman and one Ottoman coin, and 5 others too worn to identify. Clearly not evidence of trade or direct contact, maybe a collection of tokens thought to have some magical or spiritual power? There's an interesting discussion of Roman coins found in Central Asian and India, and possible transmission to Japan via medieval trade other contacts with China or SE Asia here: http://theconversation.com/how-did-...ns-end-up-in-a-medieval-japanese-castle-66417
 
I noticed that the coins were actually found in Okinawa. Although Okinawa has been a Japanese territory since 1879, prior to that, the island was the center of the Ryukyu Kingdom. The Ryukyus are the chain of island that extend from the southern tip of Japan to Taiwan. From the XIV to the XVI century, the Okinawans conducted trade with China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand. The coins could been acquired in trade with their value being in the metal (copper & bronze) not their origin. The Ryukyus have little native metal so any imported metal would have been of value. These coins may the survivors of a lot that was melted down for other purposes.
 
For those with an unhealthy obsession with knowing the details of Rome's military. A book (available on Amazon)
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With a detailed history of every Legion in the Roman Armies!

If you are desperate to know what Legio nona Hispana or Legio VIIII Hispana (could be written either way) was doing in 63 CE, here is your source!
 
Praefectus Praetorio said:
For those with an unhealthy obsession with knowing the details of Rome's military. A book (available on Amazon)
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With a detailed history of every Legion in the Roman Armies!

If you are desperate to know what Legio nona Hispana or Legio VIIII Hispana (could be written either way) was doing in 63 CE, here is your source!
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Oooo. Well that is at least one Birthday present sorted :D
 
Barbaria1 said:
Why 63 CE?
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I knew that Legio VIIII existed from the first century BCE until at least 120 CE. I chose at random a single year between as a kind of reductio ad absurdum to illustrate the possible obsession of someone on such small details.

And, of course we all know that 63 marked the end of the Roman-Parthian War of 58-63 CE. The on-off war, in which the Roman commander Corbulo excelled, would only be settled in 63 CE with the Treaty of Rhandia which shared the responsibility of ruling Armenia between the two powers.
 
Praefectus Praetorio said:
I knew that Legio VIIII existed from the first century BCE until at least 120 CE. I chose at random a single year between as a kind of reductio ad absurdum to illustrate the possible obsession of someone on such small details.

And, of course we all know that 63 marked the end of the Roman-Parthian War of 58-63 CE. The on-off war, in which the Roman commander Corbulo excelled, would only be settled in 63 CE with the Treaty of Rhandia which shared the responsibility of ruling Armenia between the two powers.
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Ok, I thought maybe it was a big year for crucifying captured female rebels or something like that ... :rolleyes:
 
Praefectus Praetorio said:
For those with an unhealthy obsession with knowing the details of Rome's military. A book (available on Amazon)
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It strikes me that for a website founded on naked crucified women, the details of Ancient Rome's military are among the healthier obsessions. :rolleyes:
 
RacingRodent said:
Bit early for our Romans though they may have encountered these vessels but it turns out Herodotus was right and the Egyptians really did have a unique kind of Nile boat.

Nile Shipwreck confirms Herodotus
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Them old Greeks and Eygyptians knew a thing or two.
But it does not compare with the artistry of Viking ships, for elegance of line and economy of construction. I know which vessel i would rather be aboard in the Atlantic Ocean or North Sea.
 
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