All right, but apart from sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, public health, (and Chestnut trees), what have the Romans ever done for us?
Roman ship had on-board fish tank: Hand-operated pump would have kept catch alive during long trips..
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2729030/posts
Rome’s Ancient Aqueduct Found..
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/2591055/posts
We didn’t need Rome for any of these things....not even a tad.
Yet we must be grateful for the Chestnut Trees, for without them what would be put our holiday tables under and whom would we run to?
LOL!
Read Ancient Rome: How it Affects Us Today by Richard Maybury.
"Ancient Rome" discusses what happens when higher law principles and a free market economy are ignored. Mr. Maybury uses historical events to explain current events, including the wars in the former Soviet Empire, and the legal and economic problems of America today. Is your government making the same choices that led to the fall of Ancient Rome? Will history repeat?
Romans roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at the air…