VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Matt Westwood|DATE|1358699186|CONTENT|Makes you wonder what other as yet undiscovered cultural sophistication was wiped out by the tender attentions of the Romans. All those things listed in Life of Brian were not given us by the Romans, they were just those bits of the cultures of the places they overwhelmed that were useful to them.

The Antikythera device was of course of little practical use to the Romans as they were only interested in that little puddle between Italy and Africa, Andalucia and Palestine.

After all, the legacy of Archimedes (some of whose writings were unearthed on palimpsests where they had been erased to make room for religious blatherings) demonstrates that the Greek empire had a culture and technology far in excess of what you would have otherwise credited them with.

And don&#039;t forget Hypatia ...|EMAIL|prime.mover@proofwiki.org|IP-ADDRESS|176.27.245.30|MODERATIONFLAG|