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What if the Romans discovered steam power?

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With all of their technological innovations, I feel like Rome was on the brink of possibly discovering that steam could be used to power things. What would things look like if that had happened?
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>>2988207
but rome did have steam power
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>>2988207
Rome was not good for technological development, they were stagnant compared to ancient Greece.
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>>2988207
>With all of their technological innovations
I think you mean technological copies
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>>2988219
kys
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>>2988207
That is herons engine you dumb fuck and he was greek not fucking roman
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>>2988207
That is herons engine you dumb fuck. Hero was greek not therefore credit of steam power goes to greeks not romans.
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>>2988323

where did he claim it was roman?

hmm? are you unobservant, or incapable of logic

perhaps through their admiration and study of the greeks they with their practical minds could see the potential of this greek novelty that never saw refinement

but you just react as any aggressive lout
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this thread again HA

bronze could not harness steam power. It was the commodification of steel that brought the industrial revolution
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>>2988207
That is herons engine you dumb fuck.
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>>2988207
The same except with steam in stead of waterwheels and windmills
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>>2988207
Get a load of this dumb fuck
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why need steam when you have slaves
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