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What is the globe in this ancient roman gold coin?

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11/20/2009 2:59 PM
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What is the globe in this ancient roman gold coin?	Quote
[link to www.apmex.com] Is it suppose to be the earth? They though the earth was flat back then, right?

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11/20/2009 3:03 PM

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I think a globe can be something other than a representation of the planet. “1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere. [1913 Webster]” “2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp. [1913 Webster]” Maybe it is a crystal ball?

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11/20/2009 3:05 PM

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The Greeks and Romans knew the Earth was round and that it had a circumference of 25,000 miles. Then the Xian church destroyed science. That was the Dark Ages.

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11/20/2009 3:12 PM

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The Greeks and Romans knew the Earth was round and that it had a circumference of 25,000 miles. Then the Xian church destroyed science. That was the Dark Ages.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 821998

The Dark Ages descended upon Europe due to the collapse of the Roman Empire.

Being so far from the heart of the Empire, the Irish Christian monks managed to preserve the arts of writing (and science) and reintroduced these things back into Europe, inspiring the slow climb out of the Dark Ages.

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11/20/2009 3:14 PM

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It's either a "Flux Capacitor", or an "Interociter".

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11/20/2009 3:17 PM

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It's either a "Flux Capacitor", or an "Interociter". Quoting: Anonymous Coward 823200 Maybe it is a orgonite dolphin ball!?

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11/20/2009 3:21 PM

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Bowling ball.

Wraithwynd
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11/20/2009 3:50 PM

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Its a Farnese Globe. A Farnese Globe is a map of the stars as seen from earth.

Mind in that age it was thought that the earth was the center of the universe and that the heavens were a sphere with all the stars being on the 'inside' of the sphere. One can watch the stars 'turn' around the earth, they remain stationary relative to one another.

Planets, moon and sun were different, residing someplace between the celestial 'sphere' of stars and earth.

Farnese Globes were solid with the map of the visible stars on the outside of the sphere.

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11/20/2009 10:35 PM

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This is clearly one of these: [link to www.youtube.com] Gold in the 21st century: 12/31/00 - $272 12/31/01 - $278 12/31/02 - $346 12/31/03 - $435 12/31/04 – $437 12/31/05 – $516 12/31/06 – $636 12/31/07 – $834 12/31/08 – $880 12/31/09 – $1,096 12/31/10 -

Anonymous Coward
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11/20/2009 10:41 PM

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I never thought about it until I saw that coin. You always see paintings of old rulers holding a scepter and orb, and I heard that the orb had something to do with "having the world in your hands." But this would mean that pre-Columbian leaders thought the Earth was round. What gives??? Anyway, here's Wikipedia to the rescue. [link to en.wikipedia.org]

Anonymous Coward
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11/20/2009 10:53 PM

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The same people who made the sheeple believe the earth was flat did 911 and the sheeple are stlll scratching their heads.

Anonymous Coward
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11/20/2009 11:04 PM

Re: What is the globe in this ancient roman gold coin?

I never thought about it until I saw that coin. You always see paintings of old rulers holding a scepter and orb, and I heard that the orb had something to do with "having the world in your hands."

But this would mean that pre-Columbian leaders thought the Earth was round. What gives???

Anyway, here's Wikipedia to the rescue.

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 823535

That's an old myth, i believe it comes from an 19th Century novel about Columbus and people as usual taking fiction as fact.

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11/20/2009 11:05 PM

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Impressive Emperor -- [link to www.bluffton.edu] Talk about symbols - [link to www.bluffton.edu]

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11/20/2009 11:09 PM

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It`s not a globe, it`s a helmet, as of a conqueror. LEGION

Anonymous Coward
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11/20/2009 11:12 PM

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Clearly a golf ball. Do you really need to ask?

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11/21/2009 12:16 AM

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Cool coin, wish i was rich and could fork over $7500 for it.

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11/21/2009 12:17 AM

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My next purchase will be one of those UHR american eagles.

Anonymous Coward
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11/21/2009 12:21 AM

Re: What is the globe in this ancient roman gold coin?

No, they did not think the earth was flat. Neither did columbus. It is what you been taught. It was a superstition held be the educated. Just so ya know, Columbus had world maps.
[link to www.sacred-texts.com]
On top of that, the chinese had been sailing the globe long before the British knew it could be done. The knowledge taught in schools comes from the British dark ages only.
[link to www.pbs.org]
So yes, a globe is possible.

Anonymous Coward
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11/21/2009 12:23 AM

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And ancient clocks... [link to images.google.com.au]

Anonymous Coward
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11/21/2009 12:25 AM

Re: What is the globe in this ancient roman gold coin?

No, they did not think the earth was flat. Neither did columbus. It is what you been taught. It was a superstition held be the educated. Just so ya know, Columbus had world maps.
[link to www.sacred-texts.com]
On top of that, the chinese had been sailing the globe long before the British knew it could be done. The knowledge taught in schools comes from the British dark ages only.
[link to www.pbs.org]
So yes, a globe is possible.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 697653

SUPERSTITION HELD BY THE UNEDUCATED...

Greenhorn
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11/21/2009 12:26 AM

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That's a sphere representing the delicious orange. wanna feel good gotta be who I am

Anonymous Coward
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11/21/2009 12:28 AM

Re: What is the globe in this ancient roman gold coin?	Quote
No.. they did NOT think the Earth was flat back then.

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