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The colchester vase, which is nearly two millennia old, was used as a cremation vessel and discovered in a roman grave there in the mid—1800s. it depicts scenes which may have been witnessed in a roman arena — namely animal hunts and a duel between a pair of gladiators. colchester is one of england's most historic cities, with a rich roman past. in 43 ad britain's first roman fortress established there, soon after the their conquest of the country. then in 49 ad camulodunum, as colchester was then known, became the first roman capital of britain. somewhere between 54 and 60 ad the roman te...

>> it's heavy. mm-hmm. >> it depicts the king -- >> mm-hmm. >> -- riding on horseback, and around the edge, the legend is written in greek: gondophares. >> and so where did this coin come from? >> these coins are found in pakistan. >> oh, wow. >> and gondophares was the -- the first, most important -- >> mm-hmm. >> -- of the kings that ruled in that area. >> do we know anything else about this figure, about this ruler? >> yes, we do. we know when he ruled, about 60 ad. >> that aligns pretty nicely with the time in which thomas, as an apostle, would've been doing his missionizing activity in in...

Written in greek: gondophares. >> and so where did this coin come from? >> these coins are found in pakistan. >> oh, wow. >> and gondophares was the -- the first, most important -- >> mm-hmm. >> -- of the kings that ruled in that area. >> do we know anything else about this figure, about this ruler? >> yes, we do. we know when he ruled, about 60 ad. >> that aligns pretty nicely with the time in which thomas, as an apostle, would've been doing his missionizing activity in india. so to be able to find a real historical object and say, "huh, this is interesting. this has a name on it that actuall...

>> it depicts the king, riding on horseback and around the edge the legend is written in greek. >> and so where did this coin come from? >> these coins are found in pakistan. >> wow. >> it was the first most important of the kings that ruled in that area. >> do we know anything else about this figure, about this ruler? >> yes, we do. we know when he ruled. about 60 a.d. >> that aligns pretty nicely with the time in which thomas, as an apostle, would have been doing his missionizing activity in india. so to be able to find a real historical object and say, huh, this is interesting, this has a n...

The legend is written in greek. >> so where did this coin come from? >> they are found in pakistan. it was the first and most important of the kings that ruled in that area. >> do we know anything about this figure or this ruler? >> we do. we know when he ruled. about 60 a.d. >> that aligns pretty nicely with the time in which thomas as an apostle would have been doing his missionizing activity in india. so to be able to find a real historical object and say, huh, this is interesting. this has a name on it that is the same as in this text. it makes that legendary text look a little bit more hi...