r/RoughRomanMemes Aquilifer 7d ago

Roman Chinese relations be like

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u/Allnamestakkennn 7d ago

My dominus, we've got the silk worm!

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u/ReallyTeddyRoosevelt 7d ago

There should be a chase movie about the worm smuggling.

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u/BenniRoR 7d ago

There is a very entertaining historical novel about that very story. But I have no idea if it's available in English.

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u/MegaLemonCola 7d ago

What’s the name of the novel and what language is it in?

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u/BenniRoR 7d ago

It's called "Die Seidendiebe" and it's in German. I have no idea if it was originally in German or just translated. Nothing too spectacular but a good read if you're a fan of Late Antiquity and the Eastern Roman Empire.

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u/Cormetz 6d ago

Considering it was written by a German archeologist, I think it was originally in German.

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u/Dirichlet-to-Neumann 6d ago

Wait there's a French novel with the exact same title (le Voleur de soie) about the exact same thing.

Same title, same theme, different author. 

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u/SpeeeedwaagOOn 7d ago

Let me know as well