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What, indeed, have the Romans ever done for us.

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Melissa Diamanti <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> So what did the Romans give us? Let's see ....
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> --- On Tue, 12/14/10, Lyle E. Browning <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> From: Lyle E. Browning <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Pompeii skeletons reveal secrets of Roman family life
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 11:31 PM
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> On Dec 14, 2010, at 10:04 PM, Denis Gojak wrote:
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> > And besides, what have the Romans ever done for us?
>
> You mean apart from providing several languages, indoor plumbing, central
> heating, or engineering of water supply systems and roads?
> **several languages = should we blame them for the modern Babel instead of
> the ancients of the Near East?
> **plumbing and water systems = they gave us all lead poisoning!
>
> Or mosaics, statuary and other artwork oddities?
> ** Excuse me! But the Greeks did it first, the Romans were just art theives
> and copy cats.
>
> Or industrialization of mining, metal processing, gristmilling and a few
> other minor items?
>
> But surely yours was a rhetorical question anyway. (All in fun...)
>
> Lyle Browning
>



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Carl G. Carlson-Drexler, MA
Department of Anthropology
College of William & Mary
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