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Wikipedia claims that a Roman expedition sent by Nero made it 1,500 miles up the Nile, as far as modern South Sudan, before having to turn back, but its sourcing seems dubious. Could and did the Romans explore that far?

by /u/Rob-With-One-B in /r/AskHistorians

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