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this post was submitted on 26 May 2024
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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.
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