@DorothyKing @caitlinrgreen We know pepper reached Britannia (cf Hoxne Hoard) but not (so far as I know) that Romano-Britons got to India
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@caitlinrgreen@holland_tom@DorothyKing cont. would become πέπερι (peperi) in Greek and piper in Latin -
@caitlinrgreen@holland_tom@DorothyKing Though र and ल are often interchangable, र is tAlavyam (palate based), ल is dantyam (tooth based)
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@caitlinrgreen@holland_tom@DorothyKing Greek has the lamda "λ" and Latin has "L" so I don't know why else the ल in Skt. पिप्पली (pippali),Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@caitlinrgreen@holland_tom@DorothyKing Probably entered via Persia. Since Iranian languages didn't have the "l" sound.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@caitlinrgreen@holland_tom@DorothyKing Regarding Tom's mention of Pepper, it must have been used throughout Asia by the time of the RomansThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@caitlinrgreen@holland_tom@DorothyKing Also, there's the question of them self-identifying as Britons, Picts, etc.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@caitlinrgreen@holland_tom@DorothyKing ... but didn't know that there were Scythian coins in modern-day UK? -
@caitlinrgreen@holland_tom@DorothyKing Even now, flights to and from take 7 hours, 6,700 km seems like quite a distance for that time.
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@caitlinrgreen@holland_tom@DorothyKing I knew that Romans traded with regions of Bharat at least as early as the Shatavahanas, cont.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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