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Indeed. Why bother developing engines to power turbines for your ships, when you can just chain up a hundred slaves in the galley and give them oars?
by jaza 4y ago
Indeed. Why bother developing engines to power turbines for your ships, when you can just chain up a hundred slaves in the galley and give them oars?
- nradov 4y agoGalley oarsmen in the Roman empire were mostly paid professionals, not slaves. The images you might have seen in cheesy old movies aren't historically accurate.