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this was a topic started by someone on another site. What do you think was the greates inovation of the Romans. Personally I go with the Roman Roads, they revolutionized travel, building on the great royal roads of the Persian empire. <p>O xein angellein Lakedaimoniois hoti tede keimetha tois keinon rhemasi peithomenoi -<br>
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Good choice. It's hard to think of anything they invented.<br>
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Did they invent aqueducts ? <p></p><i></i>
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how about concrete ? <p></p><i></i>
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Honesty commands me to admit I did not think of the following myself:<br>
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<em>What did the Romans ever do for us? Well, apart from plumbing, concrete, roads, law and order and the modern day calendar, the Romans also invented a communication method that was used until quite recently - <strong>shorthand</strong>.<br>
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In 63 BC Marcus Tullius Tiro perfected a system of Latin shorthand to preserve Cicero's speeches.</em><br>
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the calendar - at least its now winter when the calendar also says its winter. <p>-------------------------------------------------------<br>
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For my money one the greatest 'missed' inventions/discoveries of the Romans was blood circulation and blood pressure which I believe Galen hinted at.<br>
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I wonder what the medical world would have been like if this hadn't been urm, forgotten?<br>
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In spite of competition from aqueducts, concrete, watermills, strategic road networks, brick arches and vaulting, hypocausts, the Julian calendar and the entertainment business, I vote for<br>
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precedent-based civil law and the legal profession.<br>
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Nobody likes lawyers, most people are scared of the law and everyone has a good story of justice aborted to tell, but for one second imagine what our world would be like without the Roman concept of 'Law'. <p></p><i></i>
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I'd say the concept of a professional army, with standard gear and unit orgaization. All modern armies take after the Roman example. <p></p><i></i>