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Could change our understanding of history - slavery, early Christianity, politics, secularism among roman elite, etc Or of technology- steam power, mechanical
by CGMthrowaway 4mo ago
Could change our understanding of history - slavery, early Christianity, politics, secularism among roman elite, etc
Or of technology- steam power, mechanical computation (like the Antikythera mechanism, which is the only known example of such a thing until 1300 years later), mechanized production, mining techniques, etc
- crypttales 4mo agoFor our understanding of Christianity, the Pompeii eruption was too soon to the events, so unless the owner was amongst the first Christians worldwide and there is a dated letter from St Luke foretelling the destruction of the temple I don't think it'll be too revolutionary
- CGMthrowaway 4mo agohttps://www.jjmjs.org/uploads/1/1/9/0/11908749/wayment_and_grey_jesus_followers_in_pompeii.pdf https://www.jjmjs.org/uploads/1/1/9/0/11908749/wayment_and_g...