by ez_mmk on 1/19/24, 9:15 PM with 1 comments
by bell-cot on 1/19/24, 9:35 PM
> As we’ll see, the Roman Empire was never close to an industrial revolution – a great many of the preconditions were missing – but the idea that it might have been on the cusp of being something like a modern economy did once have its day in the scholarship.
(In theory, the HN title should include "(2022)". In practice - how much has the Roman Empire changed since 2022?)