- Feb 2014
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- Miami
I think one problem was it may have been seen as magic or power of the gods.
When a steam power instrument was presented by hero, the romans could care less for it.
50 CE: A Steam Engine in Ancient Rome – The Foresight Guide
The romans knew of windmills and never made much use with them. The article mentions the romans mistrusted technology. Wouldn’t help when religious radicals took over the empire in its latter centuries and ensured no technological advancement. Especially when it was viewed as witchcraft or pagan
If the Greeks or Romana had harnessed electricity in anyways, with how much it is referenced to the Greek god of Zeus (lightning), or to the powers of god, the papyrus books of this technology would have been destroyed by religious radicals like that of the time of theodosus
When a steam power instrument was presented by hero, the romans could care less for it.
50 CE: A Steam Engine in Ancient Rome – The Foresight Guide
The romans knew of windmills and never made much use with them. The article mentions the romans mistrusted technology. Wouldn’t help when religious radicals took over the empire in its latter centuries and ensured no technological advancement. Especially when it was viewed as witchcraft or pagan
If the Greeks or Romana had harnessed electricity in anyways, with how much it is referenced to the Greek god of Zeus (lightning), or to the powers of god, the papyrus books of this technology would have been destroyed by religious radicals like that of the time of theodosus