There weren’t the necessary economic conditions to allow for the development and use of steam engines in antiquity. See Steve Theodore’s answer on Quora for mo

There weren’t the necessary economic conditions to allow for the development and use of steam engines in antiquity. See Steve Theodore’s answer on Quora for more: https://www.quora.com/Why-didnt-the-industrial-revolution-occur-in-ancient-Rome-or-Greece?share=1 https://www.quora.com/Why-didnt-the-industrial-revolution-oc...