South Indians in Roman Egypt?
Probably - those early Indian seafarers got around.
The Romans had lots of trade with India, to the point that Senators lamented to drain of silver from Rome to buy pepper. There is no reason some Indians couldn’t have followed the trade goods into the Med.
Some enterprising Romans imported labor from India to feed the Empire’s taste for Indian-made products. :’)
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