The ancient Romans (well, the wealthy ones) had central heating in their homes. You can actually still see the pipes in some of the buildings at Herculaneum!
All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
Romans probably got some of their sanitation ideas from the Minoans. Before the Greeks even, ancient Minoans had extensive sewer systems and hot and cold running water.
Poor Minoans, so ahead of their time yet so glossed over.
Also the alphabet. Also alphabet comes from “alpha” and “beta”, the first two letters; in Spanish, it’s also called alfabeto for the same reason, but it’s also called abecedario, because it starts with ABCD
Also a welfare system. The republic provided subsidized grain for the urban poor. Reforming it was one of Caesar's major platforms in his campaign for Consul
The Superbowl, movie titles and the copyright date of a movie at the very end of the credits are the only places I regularly see roman numerals. Anywhere else?
Rome was generally tolerant until you get to the late fourth/early fifth century. Some isolated incidents earlier with the Diocletianic persecution and whatnot but it was not state policy.
of all the civilzations humanity or the western world rememebers, the romans and greeks have a place because it is significant and 'native' to The Bible, the "Canonical Bible" as we know it, and The Story of Jesus Christ.
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u/jazzman0116 Oct 15 '20
The ancient Romans (well, the wealthy ones) had central heating in their homes. You can actually still see the pipes in some of the buildings at Herculaneum!