bigiain 8 days ago

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

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notarealllama 8 days ago

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!

mrandish 8 days ago

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

baud147258 8 days ago

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...)

ihaveajob 8 days ago

Ok, but beside the aqueducts, orthography and lasting peace, what good were the Romans for us?

arethuza 7 days ago

Dirty great walls - which some of us are on the "wrong" side of ;-)