The technologically-advanced ancient Roman Empire has a rich history of inventions, some of which are still used today.
that weren’t just a mix of gravel and rocks. The Romans used a combination of dirt and gravel with bricks made from hardened volcanic lava or granite, making the roads immensely strong no matter the weather.
By 200 AD, the Romans had built more than 50,000 roads . These roads were then completed with directions and stone marks.10. The Codex: The first bound bookDuring the Roman Empire, writings were typically carved into wax slabs or on scrolls. As you can imagine, these texts were difficult to transport, brittle in nature, and challenging to store.
The early Christians widely used this Roman invention to make codices of the Bible,technology-enabled, and the bound book later spread to other areas along with Christianity.Thecontained 355 days. It was a lunar calendar, and to make up for the discrepancy between the lunar calendar and the solar year, an intercalary month consisting of 27 or 28 days was added once every two years.
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