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That smacks of the infamous "gap left by the dark ages" chart, and doesn't really account for the drop in innovation across the Roman world in the 1st and 2nd c
by lainga 8y ago
That smacks of the infamous "gap left by the dark ages" chart, and doesn't really account for the drop in innovation across the Roman world in the 1st and 2nd centuries CE, when large parts of the empire (indeed, notably excluding Greece) were not Christian or minority-Christian. Unless you are supposing some crucial difference between Hellenism and its Roman adaptation?
- AnaniasAnanas 8y agoJust wondering, what was the reason for this? I would assume that the peace brought by the Pax Romana alongside with the employment of military devices such as ballistae in the roman army would increase innovation instead.
- earthicus 8y agoThere was a discussion about this issue last month, where i wrote out a fairly detailed reply and gave a good reference to learn more: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18644880 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18644880
- sherr 8y agoWhere you mention the book : The Forgotten Revolution by Lucio Russo The Kindle version of this is being sold on Amazon UK for £52.24! Not much cheaper than the paperback.
- yesenadam 8y agopdf or djvu: http://libgen.io/search.php?req=the%20forgotten%20revolution%20russo http://libgen.io/search.php?req=the%20forgotten%20revolution...