Caesar Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 An ancient Roman computer? Who'd have guessed?!http://technology.sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/Sci...detect=&abc=abc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirePowa8 Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 I recall reading the same thing saying that it was actually Greek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Wow, thats very interesting. Makes you think the stuff out there we dont know about this great civilization just waiting to be dug up. Thanks for the link Caesar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historicity Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Only if it could run AoEIII... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caesar Posted December 15, 2006 Author Share Posted December 15, 2006 Only if it could run AoEIII... Seems to be better then old clunker I'm on at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paladinslaughter Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Well... This is my first post on this site and I have to say: Strange story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 LOL paladinslaughter: Welcome to the boards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidetis Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 The 'computer' is Greek, but dates to the period of Roman occupation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foojer Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 what tidetis said makes sense. Have u guys read the book called Barbarians by Terry Jones? He makes a pretty clear case that the Romans were pretty stupid in the technology department. The Greeks and Celts had perfectly functional calendars when the Roman one was still like 200 days behind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scutarii Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 (edited) Well but these "stupid" romans conquer big part of Europe, and considerable parts of Asia and Africa, and they gave us the base of our civilization, obviously along with the greeks Edited March 26, 2007 by Scutarii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirePowa8 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 (edited) Wow, I can't believe I haven't heard of that book. I'll have to check it out as soon as possible - it looks like the EXACT sort of thing I'd like.Obviously we could debate on which civilization has positively affected ours the most for years and years, but maybe this could be used as something strong against the Romans - I'll take this, and maybe a falx. The 'computer' is Greek, but dates to the period of Roman occupation.It's still Greek though, not Roman, so the title is misleading. Edited February 5, 2007 by FirePowa8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish_Crusader Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 The Romans were by no means "stupid" in the technology department. I think a better word would be "Non-innovative." They imitated most of the Ancient Greek technology, but then also expanded upon it for their own needs. They didn't event many great technological devices, but they were able to understand and adapt the ones already in existance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntiArChaon Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 I am new here and i dont want to get a bad reputation, but i have to desagree. The last thing the romans are is "Non-inovative", because they developed everything from military strategy, the testudo formation, war engines, by constructing great ballistas, scorpions and even cariage ballistas, they invented concrete. They develop the naval fighting system.And this is just a small part of the roman contribution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntiArChaon Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Oh and i almost forgot! That "computer" is from Pergamum, it was part of the city loot during the Mitrydates War. It was found in a shipwreck at Antikithera and it was used to predict the time using the stars, it dates from the year of 86 a.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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