Technology terminated by war

[Old Rocks]

The amazing Antikithyrera mechanism could have been the start of a new technology were it not for the ambitions of the Roman warlords. Wonder story of the decoding of this ancient technology here;

 

[Mushroom]

The amazing Antikithyrera mechanism could have been the start of a new technology were it not for the ambitions of the Roman warlords. Wonder story of the decoding of this ancient technology here;

Not really, this is not even really unique, in that it still survives where all the other early mechanical computers have been lost to time.

At about the same time period, both the Greeks and Romans were using a device known as the "hodometer", which we would now call an odometer. Which would measure the distance traveled along a road, and tell the engineers exactly where to place a mile marker (which was required on all Roman roads). And the Greeks and Romans and Egyptians used geared clocks that used water to operate.

However, the estimated time it was built (around 200 BCE) has little to do with the Romans at all. That was the era when Philip V of Macedon invaded Greece, and at the invitation of Athens and the rest of Greece Rome entered the war on the side of the Greeks. This is when the Athenians themselves request the assistance of Rome. Which started the Second Macedonian War.

The end result was that indeed Rome did take possession of Southern Greece. But by that time it was a shattered fragment of its greatness already, after hundreds of years of conflict, invasions, and conquest.

 

[rupol2000]

The Roman military had no technological ambitions, since the days of the republic there were primitive infantry.