Who is making the claim that the Romans didn't industrialize? They may not have gone through the industrial revolution, but I find the claim that they didn't ha

Who is making the claim that the Romans didn't industrialize? They may not have gone through the industrial revolution, but I find the claim that they didn't have industrial output to be nonsensical/doubly when trying to connect the lack of a "full scale industrial revolution" to slavery, which is some weird myth that refuses to die. Romans heavily implemented new processes for things such as mining, milling, and shipping. The slavery angle doesn't pass any form of smell test. If the claim is true, why would any society that ever had slavery ever do anything? Romans had waterwheels that drove machinery and used generated power to automate many aspects of their society.