The Lost World of Roman Buddhism
22K views · Aug 1, 2026 · Education
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@TheFallofRome · 1 month ago · pinned
Drop your favorite Roman History trivia here!
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@TeutonicEmperor1198 · 1 month ago
It came full circle! You started the "Buddhism in Rome" trend a week ago, ReligionforBreakfast made simultaneously a video about the same theme and now the conclusion!! Kudos!!
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@michaelniederer2831 · 1 month ago (edited)
Thanks for collecting some interesting tidbits to explore the strength of Buddhist presence in the Roman world. Your careful scholarship is a treat.
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@GothPaoki · 1 month ago
Very interesting topic. I would usually associate Greeks with Buddhism more than Romans because of their central Asia presence after Alexander the great. Also Greek sculptors were the first to make a human representation of Buddha.
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@TheGabrielbowater · 1 month ago
At the Victoria and Albert museum in London this week I saw a Buddhist artifact that made reference to the Buddha being born from his mother's side.
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@bobfrog4836 · 1 month ago
This is awesome. Ages ago I read a book which simply stated there was a Buddhist presence in Roman Alexandria without any other details. Finally I get a little more info!
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@clarekuehn4372 · 1 month ago
Thank you
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@Texas11B · 1 month ago
Thanks from Texas
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@MichaelMarsh-dc4ww · 1 month ago
Jesus did not travel to India; rather Buddhism came to Jesus in the Levant.
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@joehopfield · 1 month ago
No opinion about religions, but tetralemma tickles my math/logic background. The development of systematic logic in india, greece, china seem hard to tease apart. Religion might need several translators, but logic can be explained without words.
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@stefanodadamo6809 · 1 month ago
Intriguing.
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@SeanHH1986 · 1 month ago
This is fascinating, i notice this topic has been talked about quite a bit lately. Crazy how theres still rabbit holes to go down as far as roman history after thousands of years of people obsessively discussing and researching rome
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