> It is vanishingly unlikely pasta was invented in Ancient Rome I never said it was. It's just that by then, it had already been known in Europe. So it certain

> It is vanishingly unlikely pasta was invented in Ancient Rome I never said it was. It's just that by then, it had already been known in Europe. So it certainly wasn't an import from China. > American-Chinese cuisine was invented by Chinese in America, and I doubt any Romans tasted it, ancient or otherwise, but it is possible there was some Ancient Roman analog What do these two things have to do with each other? Why are you mixing Roman pasta and Chinese cuisine? I merely juxtaposed them in a list of claims, beyond that they have nothing in common.