When you say "before the renaissance", you mean "between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance, in Europe", right? Because, for example, the ancient Greeks used

When you say "before the renaissance", you mean "between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance, in Europe", right? Because, for example, the ancient Greeks used mathematics in the design of siege weapons - you have to solve a cube root to work out how big the torsion springs should be in a ballista: http://www.hellenicaworld.com/Greece/Technology/en/Catapults.html http://www.hellenicaworld.com/Greece/Technology/en/Catapults...