Quote Originally Posted by cmacq
I remember something about a roman period shipwreck found in the Bay of Guanabara, near Rio de Janeiro. The amphorae appear to have been made at Kouass, on the west coast of Morocco, sometime in the 3rd century A.D. I guess many a roman were actually greeks? This may explain why tabaco turns up in Europe well before the 15th century?

He did mention the word was the same in Roman too but since a lot of the Roman world was influenced by the Greeks i didn't see it as important since this subject came up in a discussion we were having about history and the Greek language, which he had to learn as part of his studies in theology while he was still in Brazil. It was a very intresting chat, the only problem being that his English isn't brilliant and so having an indepth convo with him about anything (especially this) can be difficult.


I know that the Romans used many greeks in their fleets but i'm not sure if this remained true in the 3rd Century A.D. I'd like to read more about the ship wreck if possible because this sort of thing is really intresting to me.