Technology in the Time of Ancient Rome
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Heinemann Library
- Publish date: 02/01/1998
Description:
different kinds of plows, harvesting, winnowing, storing grain, milling (undershot wheel, overshot wheel), *recipe for sweet cheesecake, making and transporting wine
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Clothing: *making a toga
Building work: carpentry, building a concrete wall, central heating, *making a mosaic, building an arch
Roads and bridges: *making a groma; bridges and viaducts. *making a pulley; Supplying water: aqueducts, *making an aqueduct: public toilets, hot baths
Mining
Metalworking: blacksmith, bronzesmith
Crafts: glass blowing
Medicine: medical instruments
Transportation: carrying passengers (litter), building a ship. lighthouses
War machines: *making a shield, siege machines
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