2000 Year Old Astronomical Computer has Scientists Perplexed

The nature of empire is rape, pillage, treasure; the first two leading to the last. Pick your empire Persian, Roman, Ottoman, British; all sorts of noble talk of bringing the benefits of universal order and civilisation to the ignorant savages, but really at the end of the day, it's about bringing the loot home. The denigration of the conquered, allows the victor to believe the butchery was in a noble cause rather than the grubby pursuit of treasure.

Let's take Iraq at this moment ... what has the average Iraqi gained now that Saddam is no longer in power? I suspect things are worse right now for the average Iraqi than they were prior to the American desire to fight terrorism ... which was later modified to "weapons of mass destruction" ... which was later modified to "removing a tyrrant, war-criminal, ruthless dictator" ... which was later modified to "bring democracy to Iraq" ...

No matter how much oil and potential $$$$ Iraq may have, the country has been set back many many many years and, to add insult to injury, it was not done by the Iraqis themselves but by some idiot in Washington who thought he had a "vision" for the Middle-east.

Aside from Iraq, I suspect history will have a VERY negative view of the US and aside from its many accomplishments.

Many times I laugh at the term homo sapiens ... and especially sapiens which is supposedly related to "wise".

Almost every single LEARNED word in the English language is of Greek or Roman origin.

The very alphabet you write in is Roman !

Grand so the Roman's didnt come up with a new idea called the alphabet they came up with a version of something that was already in use by others.

It was ultimately the Romans who taught the Dalkey people how to read and write Albert. In the person of St. Patrick !

Peter.

It was ultimately the Romans who taught the Dalkey people how to read and write Albert. In the person of St. Patrick !

eh ok...

The Romans learned most of what they knew from the Etruscans, the Carthaginians and the peoples of Spain and Greece (the gladius was of Spanish design). Yes, they did have their share of original thinkers but much of their engineering, artistic and agricultural knowledge was gleaned from those they conquered, not invented.

What did they learn from the Barbarians north of the Alps ?