Hellenistic science and engineering were much more advanced than we assumed.

We're going to keep finding new discoveries like the Antiykythera mechanism.

Further, the economy of the early Roman Empire was closer to a full industrial revolution than is usually posited! https://t.co/nqRpL5NfVm

— Samo Burja (@SamoBurja) January 2, 2022

Indeed. The Industrial Revolution could’ve occurred in Rome 2,000 years ago. It did not for sociopolitical reasons, not technological ones. (Yes, I know Archimedes was Greek, not Roman.)