In this topic: Lucio Russo “The Forgotten Revolution”. It's on my list to read; but a nice review/summary is here: https://woodtickquarterly.wordpress.com/2012/

In this topic: Lucio Russo “The Forgotten Revolution”. It's on my list to read; but a nice review/summary is here: https://woodtickquarterly.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/lucio-russo-the-forgotten-revolution/ https://woodtickquarterly.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/lucio-rus... In short, during Hellenistic period engineering was advanced; though, for many reasons it didn't catch.