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All right... all right... but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order... what have the Romans done for us? |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
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Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"All right... all right... but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order... what have the Romans done for us?"
Apparently, introduced black people to Wales too.
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Concrete & a huge amount of architecture
The basis of a legal system
Our alphabet
About half of our language
A massive cannon of art and literature
An idea of unity
Against that:-
The Catholic Church |
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They weren't that clever!.. They pretty much stole all their ideas from Greeks and then sacked the place and set the world back for the next 1800 years after trashing the Greek advances!
Still at least they inspired the Germans  |
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"They weren't that clever!.. They pretty much stole all their ideas from Greeks and then sacked the place and set the world back for the next 1800 years after trashing the Greek advances!
Still at least they inspired the Germans "
Yeah the Germans are also world leading at engineering and building too... pretty thick then...  |
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"They weren't that clever!.. They pretty much stole all their ideas from Greeks and then sacked the place and set the world back for the next 1800 years after trashing the Greek advances!
Still at least they inspired the Germans
Yeah the Germans are also world leading at engineering and building too... pretty thick then... "
ehh set the world back MDCCC years  |
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"They weren't that clever!.. They pretty much stole all their ideas from Greeks and then sacked the place and set the world back for the next 1800 years after trashing the Greek advances!
Still at least they inspired the Germans
Yeah the Germans are also world leading at engineering and building too... pretty thick then... "
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No the German advancement came in chemistry in the late 19th century actually |
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"No one has mentioned Aquaducts, so we can get nice clean water into the middle of town, and let us clean our sweaty bits after the orgies."
Ah!
But the baths, my man, what a site to behold!
You can see a little of their glory preserved here...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_degli_Angeli_e_dei_Martiri |
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"No one has mentioned Aquaducts, so we can get nice clean water into the middle of town, and let us clean our sweaty bits after the orgies."
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Mesoptania and Crete has the earliest known aqua ducts, although the Romans built them on a much grandeur scale |
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"They weren't that clever!.. They pretty much stole all their ideas from Greeks and then sacked the place and set the world back for the next 1800 years after trashing the Greek advances!
Still at least they inspired the Germans
Yeah the Germans are also world leading at engineering and building too... pretty thick then...
ehh set the world back MDCCC years "
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They stood on the shoulders of geniuses stole their shit, smashed them into oblivion with slaves then used the geniuses technology to give us gladiators, barbarism, hedonism and religion!
Held it together for a thousand years with capitalism before disappearing up their own arseholes in a puff of white smoke |
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"They stood on the shoulders of geniuses stole their shit, smashed them into oblivion with slaves then used the geniuses technology to give us gladiators, barbarism, hedonism and religion!
Held it together for a thousand years with capitalism before disappearing up their own arseholes in a puff of white smoke"
So USA then in todays world... |
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And vomitoria - but contrary to popular belief, these were entrances/exits in the Colosseum and Circus Maximumus through which crowds could be easily facilitated.
Nowt to do with sticking fingers down yr throat. |
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"They stood on the shoulders of geniuses stole their shit, smashed them into oblivion with slaves then used the geniuses technology to give us gladiators, barbarism, hedonism and religion!
Held it together for a thousand years with capitalism before disappearing up their own arseholes in a puff of white smoke"
is that why phil collins went solo ? |
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"You need maths to build shit
That would come under education 
Roman numerals "
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The Greeks were writing shit and doing maths 800 years before the Romans had even done numerals.
Name a Roman mathematician! |
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"You need maths to build shit
That would come under education
Roman numerals .
The Greeks were writing shit and doing maths 800 years before the Romans had even done numerals.
Name a Roman mathematician!"
Fibbonacci
Next question. |
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"They stood on the shoulders of geniuses stole their shit, smashed them into oblivion with slaves then used the geniuses technology to give us gladiators, barbarism, hedonism and religion!
Held it together for a thousand years with capitalism before disappearing up their own arseholes in a puff of white smoke
So USA then in todays world..."
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Errr yeah there's definitely a comparison |
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"You need maths to build shit
That would come under education
Roman numerals .
The Greeks were writing shit and doing maths 800 years before the Romans had even done numerals.
Name a Roman mathematician!
Fibbonacci
Next question. "
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"You need maths to build shit
That would come under education
Roman numerals .
The Greeks were writing shit and doing maths 800 years before the Romans had even done numerals.
Name a Roman mathematician!
Fibbonacci
Next question. .
Show off "
* Fibonacci was not Roman
He came from Pisa in the 13th cent. AD.
Have another role of the dice... |
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"I live in a village with the remains of Roman Baths, Amphitheatre, Barracks and Roman Legion Museum. So a lot  "
Bloody Romans leaving their derelict eyesores of buildings all over the place.
Least the pikeys burn any caravans they leave behind
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"They stood on the shoulders of geniuses stole their shit, smashed them into oblivion with slaves then used the geniuses technology to give us gladiators, barbarism, hedonism and religion!
Held it together for a thousand years with capitalism before disappearing up their own arseholes in a puff of white smoke
So USA then in todays world....
Errr yeah there's definitely a comparison "
When it's put like that it is... might do a bet at Ladbrooke for a big puff of star spangled banner in 2776 and leave to a decendant to collect |
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"You need maths to build shit
That would come under education
Roman numerals .
The Greeks were writing shit and doing maths 800 years before the Romans had even done numerals.
Name a Roman mathematician!
Fibbonacci
Next question. .
Show off
* Fibonacci was not Roman
He came from Pisa in the 13th cent. AD.
Have another role of the dice..."
It was only ever a guess, going by his name. Couldn't be arsed to google myself like.
But i'm sure he would have had at least a day trip there. |
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"They stood on the shoulders of geniuses stole their shit, smashed them into oblivion with slaves then used the geniuses technology to give us gladiators, barbarism, hedonism and religion!
Held it together for a thousand years with capitalism before disappearing up their own arseholes in a puff of white smoke
So USA then in todays world....
Errr yeah there's definitely a comparison
When it's put like that it is... might do a bet at Ladbrooke for a big puff of star spangled banner in 2776 and leave to a decendant to collect "
Well, they have had a black president.
Next up it may well be Hillary  ,so why not a big puff from the White House. |
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" Well, they have had a black president.
Next up it may well be Hillary ,so why not a big puff from the White House. "
Goggle Septimius Severus - 2nd cent AD emperor from north Africa.
The Romans had many emperors from parts of the empire - Spain, Germany, Thrace, Syria, Mauritania... just off the top of my head.
The Romans did NOT (underlined three times) have a concept of race or racism like we do. |
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Concrete the foundation of the modern world.
The ability to have something that can set and harden when wet or even completely underwater was a major turning point allowing the creation of artifical harbours and ports which helped them spread so well compared to others |
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" Well, they have had a black president.
Next up it may well be Hillary ,so why not a big puff from the White House.
Goggle Septimius Severus - 2nd cent AD emperor from north Africa.
The Romans had many emperors from parts of the empire - Spain, Germany, Thrace, Syria, Mauritania... just off the top of my head.
The Romans did NOT (underlined three times) have a concept of race or racism like we do. "
Unlike, say the Athenians, who were racists supremacists to the core but they invented 'democracy' so don;t worry about that... |
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" Well, they have had a black president.
Next up it may well be Hillary ,so why not a big puff from the White House.
Goggle Septimius Severus - 2nd cent AD emperor from north Africa.
The Romans had many emperors from parts of the empire - Spain, Germany, Thrace, Syria, Mauritania... just off the top of my head.
The Romans did NOT (underlined three times) have a concept of race or racism like we do.
Unlike, say the Athenians, who were racists supremacists to the core but they invented 'democracy' so don;t worry about that..."
They made some great posters in their day. |
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"They stood on the shoulders of geniuses stole their shit, smashed them into oblivion with slaves then used the geniuses technology to give us gladiators, barbarism, hedonism and religion!
Held it together for a thousand years with capitalism before disappearing up their own arseholes in a puff of white smoke
So USA then in todays world....
Errr yeah there's definitely a comparison
When it's put like that it is... might do a bet at Ladbrooke for a big puff of star spangled banner in 2776 and leave to a decendant to collect
Well, they have had a black president.
Next up it may well be Hillary ,so why not a big puff from the White House. "
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Hillary?? Good God I suppose it's better than Palin but not much better.
I'm hoping Bernie sanders gets in or at least has a good run because lordy lordy those Americans just go goo goo ga ga when you mention... Socialism |
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"Concrete the foundation of the modern world.
The ability to have something that can set and harden when wet or even completely underwater was a major turning point allowing the creation of artifical harbours and ports which helped them spread so well compared to others"
Just out of curiousity, did they get around to inventing re-inforced concrete. I'm guessing not. |
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" Well, they have had a black president.
Next up it may well be Hillary ,so why not a big puff from the White House.
Goggle Septimius Severus - 2nd cent AD emperor from north Africa.
The Romans had many emperors from parts of the empire - Spain, Germany, Thrace, Syria, Mauritania... just off the top of my head.
The Romans did NOT (underlined three times) have a concept of race or racism like we do.
Unlike, say the Athenians, who were racists supremacists to the core but they invented 'democracy' so don;t worry about that...
They made some great posters in their day. "
In the forums?  |
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" Well, they have had a black president.
Next up it may well be Hillary ,so why not a big puff from the White House.
Goggle Septimius Severus - 2nd cent AD emperor from north Africa.
The Romans had many emperors from parts of the empire - Spain, Germany, Thrace, Syria, Mauritania... just off the top of my head.
The Romans did NOT (underlined three times) have a concept of race or racism like we do.
Unlike, say the Athenians, who were racists supremacists to the core but they invented 'democracy' so don;t worry about that..."
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Ahh the great republic/democracy debate.
Pity we've not seen either recently |
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"They stood on the shoulders of geniuses stole their shit, smashed them into oblivion with slaves then used the geniuses technology to give us gladiators, barbarism, hedonism and religion!
Held it together for a thousand years with capitalism before disappearing up their own arseholes in a puff of white smoke
So USA then in todays world....
Errr yeah there's definitely a comparison
When it's put like that it is... might do a bet at Ladbrooke for a big puff of star spangled banner in 2776 and leave to a decendant to collect
Well, they have had a black president.
Next up it may well be Hillary ,so why not a big puff from the White House. .
Hillary?? Good God I suppose it's better than Palin but not much better.
I'm hoping Bernie sanders gets in or at least has a good run because lordy lordy those Americans just go goo goo ga ga when you mention... Socialism "
At least Palin looked raunchy and shaggable. There's a reason Bill needed Monica's assistance. |
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" Well, they have had a black president.
Next up it may well be Hillary ,so why not a big puff from the White House.
Goggle Septimius Severus - 2nd cent AD emperor from north Africa.
The Romans had many emperors from parts of the empire - Spain, Germany, Thrace, Syria, Mauritania... just off the top of my head.
The Romans did NOT (underlined three times) have a concept of race or racism like we do.
Unlike, say the Athenians, who were racists supremacists to the core but they invented 'democracy' so don;t worry about that....
Ahh the great republic/democracy debate.
Pity we've not seen either recently"
'Autochthony' I think they called it |
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" Well, they have had a black president.
Next up it may well be Hillary ,so why not a big puff from the White House.
Goggle Septimius Severus - 2nd cent AD emperor from north Africa.
The Romans had many emperors from parts of the empire - Spain, Germany, Thrace, Syria, Mauritania... just off the top of my head.
The Romans did NOT (underlined three times) have a concept of race or racism like we do.
Unlike, say the Athenians, who were racists supremacists to the core but they invented 'democracy' so don;t worry about that...
They made some great posters in their day.
In the forums? "
Fora |
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" Well, they have had a black president.
Next up it may well be Hillary ,so why not a big puff from the White House.
Goggle Septimius Severus - 2nd cent AD emperor from north Africa.
The Romans had many emperors from parts of the empire - Spain, Germany, Thrace, Syria, Mauritania... just off the top of my head.
The Romans did NOT (underlined three times) have a concept of race or racism like we do.
Unlike, say the Athenians, who were racists supremacists to the core but they invented 'democracy' so don;t worry about that....
Ahh the great republic/democracy debate.
Pity we've not seen either recently
'Autochthony' I think they called it"
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They've renamed tsprisocracy.
You let people vote then you fuck it off anyway and just sign |
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" Well, they have had a black president.
Next up it may well be Hillary ,so why not a big puff from the White House.
Goggle Septimius Severus - 2nd cent AD emperor from north Africa.
The Romans had many emperors from parts of the empire - Spain, Germany, Thrace, Syria, Mauritania... just off the top of my head.
The Romans did NOT (underlined three times) have a concept of race or racism like we do.
Unlike, say the Athenians, who were racists supremacists to the core but they invented 'democracy' so don;t worry about that...
They made some great posters in their day.
In the forums?
Fora"
I did that already for the benefit of the Latin scholars amongst us. You're just showing off now :P |
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"Chariot racing "
It's just a shame they didn't have bloody great big V8 engines in those days...can you imagine how much more exciting that would have been...'F-us 1-us' |
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"They stood on the shoulders of geniuses stole their shit, smashed them into oblivion with slaves then used the geniuses technology to give us gladiators, barbarism, hedonism and religion!
Held it together for a thousand years with capitalism before disappearing up their own arseholes in a puff of white smoke
So USA then in todays world....
Errr yeah there's definitely a comparison
When it's put like that it is... might do a bet at Ladbrooke for a big puff of star spangled banner in 2776 and leave to a decendant to collect
Well, they have had a black president.
Next up it may well be Hillary ,so why not a big puff from the White House. .
Hillary?? Good God I suppose it's better than Palin but not much better.
I'm hoping Bernie sanders gets in or at least has a good run because lordy lordy those Americans just go goo goo ga ga when you mention... Socialism
At least Palin looked raunchy and shaggable. There's a reason Bill needed Monica's assistance. "
if by shagable you mean she looks like she's been fucked in the head |
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"Concrete the foundation of the modern world.
The ability to have something that can set and harden when wet or even completely underwater was a major turning point allowing the creation of artifical harbours and ports which helped them spread so well compared to others
Just out of curiousity, did they get around to inventing re-inforced concrete. I'm guessing not. "
I don't know it would depend what you class as reinforcement.
Prestressed steel reinforces concrete was obviously an in possibility without major hydraulic equipment but they may have used some form of composites with materials.
Regular iron wouldn't be much use. |
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"You need maths to build shit
That would come under education
Roman numerals .
The Greeks were writing shit and doing maths 800 years before the Romans had even done numerals.
Name a Roman mathematician!"
abacus |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"You need maths to build shit
That would come under education
Roman numerals .
The Greeks were writing shit and doing maths 800 years before the Romans had even done numerals.
Name a Roman mathematician!
abacus "
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Yeah that says it all the Romans had a fucking abacus and the Greeks invented the computer..
Fucking splitters |
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"Concrete the foundation of the modern world.
The ability to have something that can set and harden when wet or even completely underwater was a major turning point allowing the creation of artifical harbours and ports which helped them spread so well compared to others
Just out of curiousity, did they get around to inventing re-inforced concrete. I'm guessing not.
I don't know it would depend what you class as reinforcement.
Prestressed steel reinforces concrete was obviously an in possibility without major hydraulic equipment but they may have used some form of composites with materials.
Regular iron wouldn't be much use."
No - Roman concrete was not reinforced - they did not have the technology.
They used a light, quick-setting mixture of volcanic stone (turfa) and quicklime - a bit like Portland cement. |
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"See: the dome of the Patheon - the largest free-standing cast concrete dome on the planet for over 2000 years...
Absolutely stunning.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheon,_Rome#Rotunda"
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That's because the Nazis were on there side |
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"That's because the Nazis were on there side
The Nazis?
Eh?"
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Ohhhh I've just got it in for them tonight with their bloody leather coats and face slapping. |
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"The film Gladiator.
Russell Crowe- dirty sweaty and stubbly in a leather skirt and a shiny helmet  "
And a ridiculous name
Maximus.........biggest
Decimus..........tenish
Meridius............around the middle
Obviously didn't have a Latin script consultant! |
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"All right... all right... but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order... what have the Romans done for us?"
Aquaducts?  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"The film Gladiator.
Russell Crowe- dirty sweaty and stubbly in a leather skirt and a shiny helmet
And a ridiculous name
Maximus.........biggest
Decimus..........tenish
Meridius............around the middle
Obviously didn't have a Latin script consultant!"
Maybe he's well hung and that's what google translate turned up?
What do i know, can't even get my own correct. |
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"All right... all right... but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order... what have the Romans done for us? Aquaducts? "
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We already had fucking roads... It's bollocks.
And we didn't need public order until they got here and started nailing people up, yes nail em up best thing they ever did for me, bloody marvellous |
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Depravity:
Move over, Caligula! Book reveals the story of cross-dressing boy emperor Elagabalus, whose savagery and sexual hedonism were unparallelled...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2079169/A-book-Roman-Elagabalus-reveals-story-cross-dressing-boy-emperor.html |
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What's the point in giving us roads anyway.... They didn't give us cars, here's a fucking road you'll make good use of this in 1500 years, yeah thanks yer big nose twat... What if I wanna go round a bend though  |
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"Concrete the foundation of the modern world.
The ability to have something that can set and harden when wet or even completely underwater was a major turning point allowing the creation of artifical harbours and ports which helped them spread so well compared to others
Just out of curiousity, did they get around to inventing re-inforced concrete. I'm guessing not.
I don't know it would depend what you class as reinforcement.
Prestressed steel reinforces concrete was obviously an in possibility without major hydraulic equipment but they may have used some form of composites with materials.
Regular iron wouldn't be much use.
No - Roman concrete was not reinforced - they did not have the technology.
They used a light, quick-setting mixture of volcanic stone (turfa) and quicklime - a bit like Portland cement."
Define "reinforcement " as corse weave hessian is a great material for reinforceing and shaping decorative plaster and and concrete works along with wire.
After all people reinforce mud and shit with hay it's not a highly technical practice for low stress members
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"What's the point in giving us roads anyway.... They didn't give us cars, here's a fucking road you'll make good use of this in 1500 years, yeah thanks yer big nose twat... What if I wanna go round a bend though "
Some would say you already have.
Not me though, i'm tolerant of differences. |
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"Concrete the foundation of the modern world.
The ability to have something that can set and harden when wet or even completely underwater was a major turning point allowing the creation of artifical harbours and ports which helped them spread so well compared to others
Just out of curiousity, did they get around to inventing re-inforced concrete. I'm guessing not.
I don't know it would depend what you class as reinforcement.
Prestressed steel reinforces concrete was obviously an in possibility without major hydraulic equipment but they may have used some form of composites with materials.
Regular iron wouldn't be much use.
No - Roman concrete was not reinforced - they did not have the technology.
They used a light, quick-setting mixture of volcanic stone (turfa) and quicklime - a bit like Portland cement.
Define "reinforcement " as corse weave hessian is a great material for reinforceing and shaping decorative plaster and and concrete works along with wire.
After all people reinforce mud and shit with hay it's not a highly technical practice for low stress members
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Was thinking of modern high tensile steel rebar but yours is good enough, reinforced it was then. |
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"See: the dome of the Patheon - the largest free-standing cast concrete dome on the planet for over 2000 years...
Absolutely stunning.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheon,_Rome#Rotunda"
That's right up on my list of buildings to visit, - terrific race, the Romans!! |
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The Babylonians used to ask "what did the Symirians do for us".
The Eygptians asked "What did the Babylonians do for us".
The Persians asked "What did the Eygptians do for us".
The Greeks asked "what did the Persians do for us"
The Romans asked "what the fuck" and stole the lot and in the end gave us this post in this forum. |
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"What's the point in giving us roads anyway.... They didn't give us cars, here's a fucking road you'll make good use of this in 1500 years, yeah thanks yer big nose twat... What if I wanna go round a bend though
Some would say you already have.
Not me though, i'm tolerant of differences. "
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I'm over tied or in Latin I'm over ligatum ....
Or as the Greeks would say I'm fucked |
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"The Babylonians used to ask "what did the Symirians do for us".
The Eygptians asked "What did the Babylonians do for us".
The Persians asked "What did the Eygptians do for us".
The Greeks asked "what did the Persians do for us"
The Romans asked "what the fuck" and stole the lot and in the end gave us this post in this forum."
And the Greeks are now asking, wtf have you German and other EU bastards done to us?
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"Concrete the foundation of the modern world.
The ability to have something that can set and harden when wet or even completely underwater was a major turning point allowing the creation of artifical harbours and ports which helped them spread so well compared to others
Just out of curiousity, did they get around to inventing re-inforced concrete. I'm guessing not.
I don't know it would depend what you class as reinforcement.
Prestressed steel reinforces concrete was obviously an in possibility without major hydraulic equipment but they may have used some form of composites with materials.
Regular iron wouldn't be much use.
No - Roman concrete was not reinforced - they did not have the technology.
They used a light, quick-setting mixture of volcanic stone (turfa) and quicklime - a bit like Portland cement.
Define "reinforcement " as corse weave hessian is a great material for reinforceing and shaping decorative plaster and and concrete works along with wire.
After all people reinforce mud and shit with hay it's not a highly technical practice for low stress members
Was thinking of modern high tensile steel rebar but yours is good enough, reinforced it was then. "
We reinforce with lots of different things. The basic re bar you see is the crudest form.
Much more preferential is rods that are hydraulically stretched (elasticaly ) as the concrete is poured and set then when the tension is relaxed they force the concrete into compression massively increasing its load bearing qualities when in beams etc.
We also reinforce with plastics and now we're staring external reinforcement with carbon fibre and epoxies. If you ever see an old concrete bridge with lots of black stripes ion it's underside (like giant strips of duct tape) they're reteofit carbon fibre reinforcement. |
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"am pretty sure they brought carrots ... fkn hate carrots "
Carrots were purple before selective breeding in the 17th century to create an orange vegetable in honour of the Dutch royal house of Orange. |
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"am pretty sure they brought carrots ... fkn hate carrots
Carrots were purple before selective breeding in the 17th century to create an orange vegetable in honour of the Dutch royal house of Orange. "
fucking hate the Dutch the bunch of clog wearing orange cunts!.. |
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"am pretty sure they brought carrots ... fkn hate carrots
Carrots were purple before selective breeding in the 17th century to create an orange vegetable in honour of the Dutch royal house of Orange. "
i know thats why i hate them |
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"They stood on the shoulders of geniuses stole their shit, smashed them into oblivion with slaves then used the geniuses technology to give us gladiators, barbarism, hedonism and religion!
Held it together for a thousand years with capitalism before disappearing up their own arseholes in a puff of white smoke
So USA then in todays world....
Errr yeah there's definitely a comparison "
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"am pretty sure they brought carrots ... fkn hate carrots
Carrots were purple before selective breeding in the 17th century to create an orange vegetable in honour of the Dutch royal house of Orange. "
wow learn something every day - googled and looked so pretty purple and orange |
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"All right... all right... but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order... what have the Romans done for us?"
Brought peace?  |
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"All right... all right... but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order... what have the Romans done for us?
Brought peace? "
Oh peace ..shut up!
there is one of us who would gladly suffer death to rid this country of the romans once and for all....
awww Life of Brian |
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"All right... all right... but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order... what have the Romans done for us?
Brought peace?
Oh peace ..shut up!
there is one of us who would gladly suffer death to rid this country of the romans once and for all....
awww Life of Brian"
Are you a member of the peoples front of Judea, small world |
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130+ comments and no-one mentions roman law- basis of most European legal systems.
They also pretty much created the modern city.
Romantic languages- eg French,Italian.
Spanish.
Shame about the men in sandals thing though |
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"130+ comments and no-one mentions roman law- basis of most European legal systems.
They also pretty much created the modern city.
Romantic languages- eg French,Italian.
Spanish.
Shame about the men in sandals thing though "
Oh yes I did |
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"Concrete & a huge amount of architecture
The basis of a legal system
Our alphabet
About half of our language
A massive cannon of art and literature
An idea of unity
Against that:-
The Catholic Church"
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