Comment by bigiain

1 day ago

But apart from the aqueducts, what have the Romans ever done for us?

Okay, but apart from orthography and aquaducts, what have the Romans ever done for us?

Now as punishment go write this on the wall 100 times!

  • Seeing the comedy beats of that scene play out on HN, first unintentionally and then intentionally, has made my day!

well, being part of the Roman Republic/Empire meant peace, even if it was enforced at the tip of a pilum. And the population under the Empire were more prosperous and numerous, so much that the collapse of the Empire in the West had long-lasting negative consequences (I'm mostly basing my opinion off this article: https://acoup.blog/2022/02/11/collections-rome-decline-and-f...)