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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3360019, member: 96898"]It is a myth that the ancients thought the world to be flat. In Plato's <i>Phaedo</i>, for example, Socrates states that he believed "that the earth is a round body in the centre of the heavens." Knowledge about the spherical shape of the planet dates back even earlier, and was generally accepted in the Roman period (as well as in the Middle Ages, by the way.) Thus it makes perfect sense that your coin shows a spherical earth.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is another Roman coin featuring a round earth:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]890451[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Caracalla, Roman Empire, denarius, 210–213 AD, Rome mint. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head of Caracalla r. Rev: PROVIDENTIAE DEORVM, Providence standing l., holding baton and scepter, globe at feet l. 19mm, 3.07g. Ref: RIC IV–1. 227. Ex FSR 106, lot 257.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>If it's any consolation to you: my birthdate says that I am a millennial, and among a couple of other things, I firmly believe that the earth has a round-ish, that is to say ellipsoid, shape.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3360019, member: 96898"]It is a myth that the ancients thought the world to be flat. In Plato's [I]Phaedo[/I], for example, Socrates states that he believed "that the earth is a round body in the centre of the heavens." Knowledge about the spherical shape of the planet dates back even earlier, and was generally accepted in the Roman period (as well as in the Middle Ages, by the way.) Thus it makes perfect sense that your coin shows a spherical earth. Here is another Roman coin featuring a round earth: [ATTACH=full]890451[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Caracalla, Roman Empire, denarius, 210–213 AD, Rome mint. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head of Caracalla r. Rev: PROVIDENTIAE DEORVM, Providence standing l., holding baton and scepter, globe at feet l. 19mm, 3.07g. Ref: RIC IV–1. 227. Ex FSR 106, lot 257.[/SIZE] If it's any consolation to you: my birthdate says that I am a millennial, and among a couple of other things, I firmly believe that the earth has a round-ish, that is to say ellipsoid, shape.[/QUOTE]
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